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In an interview with an English newspaper, Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell spoke about Lemmy's final days, saying that the band leader's death came as a surprise:
“I knew Lem wasn’t doing very well. I knew the day would eventually come, but it was a huge shock that it happened so quickly. He was playing better in the winter a few weeks before he died. I think I started romanticizing things, thinking, ‘Is he really indestructible?’ You have to remember he was 37 when I joined the band, and he passed away at 70.”.
“I received a call saying that Lem wasn’t doing very well and asking us to fly there, but our manager called us the next day saying that he had died peacefully in his sleep. It was very unexpected. For the first three months, personally, I was in shock. The enormous support from all the fans and the kind words were incredible.”
Campbell also spoke about what it was like on a personal level to experience Lemmy's death:
“I knew Motörhead had support all these years, but this magnitude just left me speechless. After the first three months I cried more. That's when the death started to sink in and I began to truly miss him. Reality hit me and it was very difficult.”
And it wasn't just playing with him, I miss not being able to call and talk. He was so wise and funny. I spent more time with him than I spent with my own family.”
“Lem wanted to continue and he wanted to play. Although he was playing well on the last European tour, he wasn't well, he was getting thin, but he played very well. That's what he wanted. He wanted to play. He didn't want to sit at home waiting to die. He wanted to go out at his peak.”.
