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Malorie Blackman
British writer
What A Wonderful World, by Louis Armstrong.
Lesley Sharp
British actress
Les Fleurs by Minnie Riperton.
Yayoi Kusama
Japanese artist
Yayoi Kusama’s Manhattan Suicide Addict.
Patricia Hodge
English actress
One of my favourite songs is Being Alive, from Company by Stephen Sondheim, but it would hardly be appropriate.
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