Sean Lock

Sean Michael Lock (22 April 1963 – 16 August 2021) was an English comedian and actor.^[3] He was a team captain on Channel 4 comedy panel show 8 Out of 10 Cats from 2005–2015, and on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown from 2012 until his death in 2021. He was born in Chertsey, Surrey, England.^[4]

Sean Lock
Lock at The Hexagon, Reading, 2008
Birth name	Sean Michael Lock[1]
Born	(1963-04-22)22 April 1963 Chertsey, Surrey, England
Died	16 August 2021(2021-08-16) (aged 58) London, England[2]
Medium	Television stand-up radio
Alma mater	Brooklands College (Weybridge Campus) St John the Baptist School, Woking
Years active	1993–2021
Genres	Dry humour Deadpan
Spouse	Anoushka Nara Giltsoff (–2021)
Children	3

Lock was first diagnosed with skin cancer in 1990.^[5] He died from cancer at his home in London on 16 August 2021, aged 58.^[6][7] He was diagnosed with lung cancer a few years before his death.^[8]