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Comedian Sean Lock dies after ‘quiet’ battle with cancer, aged 58

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Bill Bailey said he was heartbroken to lose his “dearest friend”, telling The Telegraph: “Even in his last days we were still joking, still coming up with ideas. We had great conversations, and I brought my guitar in and I sang him Johnny Cash songs.”

The pair met on the comedy circuit 30 years ago and immediately hit it off. Bailey said: “We went through our whole career together. He had this strange, brilliant but almost playfully innocent way of approaching everything. He saw humour in the most unlikely of subjects.”

Harry Hill, writing for The Guardian, said Lock had maintained a sense of humour in the face of cancer. He said: “He took his illness in typically dry style. I heard he was in a hospice for a bit of rest. I called him up. ‘Wow!’ I said. ‘A hospice, what’s that like?’ ‘It’s ok,’ he said, ‘…and the sex is amazing.'”

Lee Mack, another comedian and close friend, said: “I’ve known this day was coming for some time, but it’s no less heartbreaking. A true original both in comedy and life. I will miss him so much.”

QI panellist Alan Davies said: “We met in 1988, right at the start of our stand-up careers. I hadn’t seen him in recent years as he quietly wrestled with illness but I feel very sad today for [his wife] Anoushka and their children. RIP Locky.”

Lock disclosed in 2010 that he had been diagnosed with cancer at 27 after several years of working on a building site.

“You could hardly ask a big Irish foreman: ‘Please could you rub some Ambre Solaire on my back?’ And we didn’t wear hats either,” he recalled.

It is understood Lock died from another form of cancer. Channel 4 will devote Thursday’s programming to Lock, broadcasting his stand-up special and an episode of 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

The broadcaster said he had “played a pivotal role on the channel for over two decades”.

Source: Telegraph

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