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To my mum; I wish I’d known her better before she passed in 2016.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 May 2022 source ↗
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View all 209 →To my cousin P, who was one of my best mates growing up. We lost him when we were in our 20s and, before he passed away, I was so busy with this stupid thing called life and a brand new kid. He called me and said: “Bro, I’m not feeling right.” And I said: “Bro, you’ve never been feeling right.” And it always sits on my head that if me or somebody else had been paying more attention maybe things would have worked out different. He had extremely rare bowel cancer and died five weeks later at 27.
Kelsey Grammer
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My two middle children, Mason and Jude. They will know why.
My grandma, who died a few years ago, because I wasn’t able to see her on my last visit to Georgia.
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My ex-wife Caroline, because she found my style of life rather irritating.
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View profile →That my first play, Red Velvet, took so many years to be done. It took me seven years to write and then five years to get to the stage.
Lack of empathy.
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