‘[John Hepworth] turned death into an art form …Theatrical by inclination, he was determined to die in his own bed with his hat on… Hepworth was splendid while dying. Dressed in a magnificent nightshirt, and wearing a Victorian smoking cap, he entertained the friends who had come to say goodbye.’
The Age, November 1994
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WARNING: THE FOLLOWING WRITING BY JOHN HEPWORTH IS SATIRICAL.
How to self destruct without really dying