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[in 1999, after he had been admitted to hospital in Coventry with a chest infection and the Daily Telegraph newspaper had mistakenly published an obituary to him] "It's not the first time I've died in Coventry".

In fact, I photocopied the obits, took them to gigs, signed them "RIP Dave Swarbrick" and sold them for £1. After all, where else are you going to get a signed obituary? I had to stop, though, when The Telegraph got in touch and told me I couldn't do it as they had the copyright. [referring to his premature 1999 obituary in The Telegraph]