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Bernie Ecclestone

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“The morning after I die. And the first 12 copies go to the Inland Revenue”
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Financial Times. November 23, 2004
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Bernie Ecclestone's response from a tongue in cheek interview question that asked: “So when’s your autobiography going to be published, Bernie?”

 
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