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Glenn Miller's A String Of Pearls.
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Robert Carlyle
Scottish actor
Something by Nick Drake.
Ivan Lendl
Czech and American tennis player
I am not thinking about dying yet.
Tom Kerridge
Chef and restaurateur
Pavarotti’s Nessun Dorma. I’m a big sports fan and Italia 90 was such a massive part of my life when I’d just turned 17. That tune just builds and builds. I can imagine a massive coffin disappearing down while he’s singing. What better way to go?
Sam Neill
New Zealand actor
I Will Remember You, by Sarah McLachlan. That’ll choke the bastards up if nothing else will.
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Visiting my children at college. I don't stay long, because their lives are so busy - the way they should be.
Dying in a plane crash and having somebody else get top billing.
Acting like the good little girl.
I would not toy with people's affections as much.
Jimmy Carter, for his wisdom and courage in going to meet Hamas.
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