Work by Virgin Media caused the message, which was left by Beaton’s wife, Ruby, two years before her death in 2003, to be erased last month, the BBC reported.
The clip was recorded by Ruby to serve as the message people would hear when they called Beaton’s phone.
The 68-year-old told BBC Radio Leeds: “I’ve always resisted changing companies because whenever I mentioned that my wife’s voice was our voicemail message and would it be retained and each company said no, so that’s why I never changed.
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