Julia Stiles
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When The Saints Go Marching In, by a New Orleans second line band.
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Smoke Gets In Your Eyes.
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David Arquette
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David Bowie’s Life On Mars.
Joely Richardson
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I’d prefer no song, and no funeral: I’d like my loved ones to go on a walk, mostly in silence, instead. It’s all better not put into words.
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Summer Breeze, by the Isley Brothers.
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