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==Personal life== Lock and his wife, Anoushka Nara Giltsoff, had two daughters, born in 2004 and 2006, and a son born in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.realitytitbit.com/channel-4/8-out-of-10-cats-does-countdown-is-harriet-sean-locks-real-daughter |title=8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown: Is Harriet Sean Lock's real daughter? |website=realitytitbit.com |date=2020 |first=Helen |last=Williams |access-date=27 July 2021 |url-status=live |archive-date=27 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727140051/https://www.realitytitbit.com/channel-4/8-out-of-10-cats-does-countdown-is-harriet-sean-locks-real-daughter }}</ref> The family lived in the [[Muswell Hill]] area of London.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kingsley |first=Thomas |title=The Muswell Hill soup kitchen late comedian Sean Lock was 'more than a volunteer to' |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/celebs/muswell-hill-soup-kitchen-late-21377065 |website=MyLondon |publisher=Reach plc |access-date=25 August 2021 |date=23 August 2021 |archive-date=24 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824113052/https://www.mylondon.news/news/celebs/muswell-hill-soup-kitchen-late-21377065 |url-status=live }}</ref> Lock was diagnosed with [[skin cancer]] in 1990, attributing the condition to overexposure to the sun while working as a builder in the early 1980s.<ref name="bbcobit"/> After seeing his doctor, he was referred to a [[dermatology|dermatologist]] at [[Guy's Hospital]], London, and made a full recovery.<ref name="Independent obit">{{Cite web |date=18 August 2021 |first=Jacob |last=Stolworthy |title=Sean Lock death: 8 Out of 10 Cats star dies from cancer aged 58 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/sean-lock-death-age-cause-b1904501.html |work=[[The Independent]] |access-date=19 October 2021 |archive-date=19 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819124246/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/sean-lock-death-age-cause-b1904501.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In May 2012, he gave his support to a Sun Awareness event at the hospital.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/Home.aspx|title=Sean Lock backs our sun safety event|first=Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation|last=Trust|website=guysandstthomas.nhs.uk|access-date=20 August 2021|archive-date=28 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628211019/https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/Home.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> Lock was a supporter of [[Chelsea F.C.]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2018/7/11/before-three-lions--there-was-mr-tambling-man |title=Before Three Lions, there was Mr Tambling Man |publisher=Chelsea F.C. |date=11 July 2018 |access-date=1 April 2021 |archive-date=21 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821014033/https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2018/7/11/before-three-lions--there-was-mr-tambling-man |url-status=live }}</ref> and was an active supporter of the Muswell Hill [[soup kitchen]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/obituaries/sean-lock-obituary-death-muswell-hill-comedy-channel4-8247472 |title=Muswell Hill comic Sean Lock dies at 58 |publisher=[[Ham & High]] |date=18 August 2021 |first=Sam |last=Volpe |access-date=18 August 2021 |archive-date=18 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818120814/https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/obituaries/sean-lock-obituary-death-muswell-hill-comedy-channel4-8247472 |url-status=live }}</ref> In December 2020, Lock made a video to help raise funds for Edible London, a charity that aimed to provide ingredients for a million meals to help those struggling in [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom|lockdown]]. In the clip, he quipped, "I'm Sean Lock. You may know me as that bloke off the [[Television|telly]] whose name you can't remember."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Sean Lock made food poverty appeal in recent appearance before tragic death aged 58 |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/sean-lock-death-food-poverty-134014485.html |date=18 August 2021 |first=Tilly |last=Pearce |access-date=18 August 2021 |work=[[Yahoo! Entertainment]] |language=en-AU |archive-date=26 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826224943/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/sean-lock-death-food-poverty-134014485.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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