Eddie Marsan
British actor
George Harrison's My Sweet Lord.
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On The Good Ship Lollipop, by Shirley Temple.
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Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Irish actor
An incredibly long one – maybe the entire St Matthew Passion – just so everybody would have to sit in the church for hours.
Eddie Izzard
British comedian and actress
Mozart’s clarinet concerto from the Out Of Africa soundtrack.
Elaine Paige
English singer and actress
Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien. And my headstone should read: “Game, set and match.”
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