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Hot Legs by Rod Stewart: I’m going to be cremated.
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Rita Ora
British singer-songwriter
Frank Sinatra singing My Way.
Emilia Fox
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I would like the poem Cherish by Raymond Carver. It was read by my dad at my wedding, and is my absolute favourite.
Terry O'Neill
British photographer
Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone.
Tchaikovsky's 1812, sung by Barry Manilow.
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Falling off the stage in the third preview of Macbeth at the RSC.
To my children, because their mum and dad’s relationship failed, and I know that has caused them great sadness.
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