He was born in Newcastle upon Tyne to his parents. Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in, Bailey kept in close contact with the comedian after discovering he had cancer, Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile, Sean Lock was cracking jokes in his final days, says comedian Bill Bailey. In order to post comments, please make sure JavaScript and Cookies are enabled, and reload the page. } else { Read the rules. "I did waste a lot of time trying to be funny in lessons, but it was really liking comedy that made me want to do it. Jo Hale/Getty Images. Im watching clips of him right now laughing & crying. Enter Sean Lock, the frequent mastermind behind such reactions, who has tragically died aged 58 due to cancer. Replying to . It's like being at university a bit earlier," he says of boarding school. A Gannett Company. for (var t=0; t