The comedian Sean Lock, celebrated for his carefully crafted surreal content and imaginative observational wit, has died of cancer at the age of 58. He achieved television success with a long run as a team captain on Jimmy Carr’s Channel 4 comedy panel show 8 Out of 10 Cats and the spin-off, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. His agent, Off the Kerb Productions, said Lock died at home surrounded by his family

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