Jon - There was actually a deleted scene that made reference to that. A guy walked up to Creed, and the conversation went something like this (I'm recreating from memory, so it won't be exact, but you'll get the idea):
Guy: You're Creed LastName?! You were in the Grass Roots!
Creed: Yes, that's me. How did you know that?
Guy: I wrote your obituary.
Creed: Oh, thank you. Nice job on that.
Then it cuts to Creed talking to the camera...
Creed: I faked my own death for tax purposes. For the last eight years, I've been collecting insurance money as my own widow.
I can't figure out why they deleted that. It was brilliant!
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