8 Out Of 10 Cats Comedian Sean Lock Has Died From Cancer At 58 Years Old

“We kindly request that the privacy of his family and children is respected at this difficult time.”

Channel 4 released a statement on Twitter paying tribute to the late comedian.

Incredibly sad to learn of the loss of one of our greatest comedians, Sean Lock. A much loved part of the C4 family he’s played a huge role on the channel for over 2 decades, and we’ll miss him. Our thoughts are with his family and friends pic.twitter.com/HrT6mjZLjT

— Channel 4 (@Channel4) August 18, 2021

“I’ve known this day was coming for some time, but it’s no less heart-breaking. A true original both in comedy and life. I will miss him so much,” close friend to Lock, Lee Mack also paid tribute.

Many others took to Twitter, expressing their admiration and heart-break at Sean Lock’s passing.

I wish I had the words to describe the exceptional man that was Sean Lock. But today I don’t, and I think he might have liked it that way.

— Susie Dent ???? (@susie_dent) August 18, 2021

Sean Lock; A brilliant comedian, obviously, but just a genuinely hilarious guy too and one of the soundest guys in comedy, from when I first started to when we last had a laugh together. Very sad news.

— Kevin Bridges (@kevinbridges86) August 18, 2021

The highest compliment that you can pay Sean Lock is that he made it all look so effortless, that the wit he had was clearly so natural that if he wasn’t up on stage telling jokes he would been saying the exact same things to his mates at work or his friends at the pub. RIP.

— Jonny Sharples (@JonnyGabriel) August 18, 2021

It’s heartbreaking to lose my dearest friend Sean Lock , he was a true original, a wonderful comic. All my thoughts are with his family.

— Bill Bailey (@BillBailey) August 18, 2021

We are deeply saddened to hear of Sean Lock’s passing. Sean was a QI regular right from the first series, and helped to shape the show with his fantastically sharp wit and anarchic good humour. Our thoughts are with his friends and family. pic.twitter.com/BbjiF5jkqb

— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) August 18, 2021

I am shocked and saddened at the news of the loss of Sean Lock. He was a brilliant comedian but more importantly he was a great person on so many levels . He will be missed hugely.

— John Bishop (@JohnBishop100) August 18, 2021

Even Piers Morgan paid tribute to Lock, which goes to show how beloved he was.

‘If I could have my ashes spread anywhere I wanted, I’d have them spread in Piers Morgan’s eyes.’
RIP Sean Lock. pic.twitter.com/tkAswfn6OQ

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 18, 2021

I think Sean Lock’s first ever Twitter post (and he only ever posted one other tweet) sums him up beautifully. pic.twitter.com/kxw1h8n2pu

— Amanda (@Pandamoanimum) August 18, 2021