Gene Pitney was a famous human who, according to Owen Harper, "bugger[ed] up the Cardiff tourist trade".
While on tour in Cardiff, he was found dead in a hotel close to Blackfriar Way. Owen joked, "I think something got a hold of his heart." (PROSE: Another Life)
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Owen's joke, "I think something got a hold of his heart", is a reference to Pitney's single "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart".