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What kind of death would you consider a good one?

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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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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 ↗
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 ↗
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 ↗

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