Well, sure, I died! But my friends dragged my soul back to the plane of the living?

[Um, obviously. Get yourself some friends like that, You, and then you can criticize someone's technique gouging an eye out with a broken bottle.]

As for why he was cloning me, hmm, I never asked? He just bought some blood and hair from me, which goes to show, if someone ever tries to buy your blood, they may be making you a convenient backup body and you should go with it.