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>> didnt dick ferrell add to that misinformation? >> oh, yeah, he did. >> reporter: shes sharing his last words. >> theres a whole bunch of people that said, because of dick, i went and got it. so hopefully he did some good in the end. >> reporter: ferrells story not an anomaly. two weeks after his death, conservative radio talk show host and vaccine skeptic phil valentine died of covid-19. before he got sick he wrote a song mocking the push to get vaccinated. ♪ and i dont care if you ♪ -- >...

Beatles "tax man" to the "vax man." he told everyone he was not getting the vaccine. he got covid instead. his family had to recognize his regret. >> he recognizes now that his not getting the vaccination has probably kcaused a bunch of othr people not to get vaccinated and that he regrets. >> reporter: valentyn died, but his brother says his story encouraged others to get the shot. >> when theres a vivid story about someone you trust, you know, got sick, hospitalized, or even died, that vivid a...

Misinformation out there and i think there is no truer thing ever was said. >> reporter: didnt dick ferrell add to that misinformation? >> oh, yeah he did. >> reporter: but she is sharing his last words to her hoping they resonate. >> there are a whole bunch of people who said because of dick i went and got it. hopefully he did some good in the end. >> reporter: ferrells story is not an anomaly. two weeks after his death conservative radio talk show host and vaccine skeptic phil valentine also d...

Show host phil ballentine also died of covid-19. before he got sick he wrote a song mocking the push to get vaccinated. ♪ i dont care if you want me ♪ -- >> reporter: changing the tax man to vax man. he told everyone that he was not getting the vaccine. he got covid instead. his family had to relay his regret. >> he recognizes now that his not getting the vaccination has probably caused a bunch of other people not to get vaccinated and that he regret. >> reporter: valentine died but his brot...

Him or her. why did it take dig ferrells dying from covid for you to say im taking it? >> there is a pandemic of misinformation out there and i think there is no truer thing ever was said. >> reporter: didnt dick ferrell add to that misinformation? >> oh, yeah he did. >> reporter: but she is sharing his last words to her hoping they resonate. >> there are a whole bunch of people who said because of dick i went and got it. hopefully he did some good in the end. >> reporter: ferrells story is not ...

Nashville-based host phil valentine also died from the virus last week. he was 61. before he got sick, valentine published a song mocking the push to get vaccinated, parroting the beatles tax man, changing it to vax man. in a statement after his hospitalization, valentines radio station urged people to get vaccinated. and dick farrell, a florida-based talk radio host passed away from coronavirus earlier this month. in july, a facebook post promoted distrust in the vaccine calling it bull shid wi...