Johannes Radebe: How would you want people to remember you?

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How would you want people to remember you?

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Vogue, to one guest at a time, on camera, 73 Questions

A recurring legacy prompt in Vogue's 73 Questions, appearing with only minor wording changes.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Johannes Radebe

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

As someone who cared boldly about people, stood firmly for what he believed in and lifted others when they needed help.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 March 2026 source ↗

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Chiwetel Ejiofor English actor

As an optimist.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 October 2024 source ↗

Keren Woodward

As the dark-haired bird from Bananarama.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 March 2024 source ↗

Julia Ormond English actress

As having been loving and fun.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 March 2021 source ↗

George H. W. Bush 41st President of the United States, 1989–1993

It’s family, and it’s faith, and it’s friends, and it’s not the glamour of the Presidency, or the wonder of going to receive the Nobel Prize. All those are important, of course. But maybe it’s just that I’m 71 years old now. It’s family, and it’s faith, and it’s friends.

Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, Williamsburg, Virginia, 2 June 1995 source ↗

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Question What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy? Time & hindsight

When my UK citizenship was approved. It’s taken me eight years and lots and lots of money. I was at home in South Africa when I received the news and my mum said, “I am so happy for you because this is your glitterball.”

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 March 2026 source ↗

Question Who deserves an apology from you, and for what? Failure & regret

My father because I was 12 when he passed and I blamed him for everything in my parents’ marriage. Now I realise he did the best he could and was just figuring life out like everybody else.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 March 2026 source ↗