How would you like to die?

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Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire

A fixed final question in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire, repeated verbatim across respondent pages.

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Recorded Neil Patrick Harris said elsewhere, not written here
Quickly and by surprise. I don’t want the specter of death to linger.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 17 February 2015 source ↗

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Henry Marsh Neurosurgeon and writer
Sufficiently well to see Johnson and Truss and then two or three days later, she’s dead. I thought, that’s fantastic. That’s something to celebrate. That’s a great death.
Recorded Sirin Kale, The Guardian, 5 October 2022 source ↗
When I’m extremely old during a huge family celebration where everyone is playing games and giving pre-written toasts … to me.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 10 March 2016 source ↗
Lily Tomlin Comedian and actor
In my sleep, “dreaming android dreams of electric sheep.”
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 10 June 2022 source ↗
Al Franken Senator and comedian
Surrounded by my great-great-grandchildren.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 30 May 2017 source ↗

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Question What is your idea of perfect happiness? Identity & self
Probably being granted all-access to a Disney theme park with my husband, David, and a group of close friends—and just us—while we wandered and drank tropical tiki drinks. No judgment, no lines, no bad weather, and no hangovers. Oh, and our twins would be there too, but only when they’re happy and meltdown-free. I guess the same would go for David.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 17 February 2015 source ↗

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