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As a nice guy, but I’m not sure that is going to happen.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 April 2026 source ↗
The question
How would you want people to remember you?Originally asked
Vogue, to one guest at a time, on camera, 73 Questions
A recurring legacy prompt in Vogue's 73 Questions, appearing with only minor wording changes.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
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Daryl McCormack
Irish actor
For being joyful.
Ray Mears
British woodsman and TV presenter
For being genuine.
Sonny Rollins
Jazz tenor saxophonist and composer
I hope so, yes! The thing is that my spiritual leanings don’t accept what we would call life and death… We don’t believe in that. There is no end! There is no dying. We’re here forever! Even though your body turns to dust like everything else in this world, your soul is going to continue on. Even though I’m not able to perform music anymore, I’m still here as a human being, my soul will still be here when I’m gone — so every day I’m trying to be a good human being. And I guess whatever I accomplish in that sense will turn into the legacy of Sonny Rollins.
Emma Bunton
British singer
As a good person who was kind, funny, and a little bit naughty.
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Tottenham this season.
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When Molde won the Norwegian premier league in 2011, the year the club was 100 years old.
I wanted to play for Tottenham.
Rock climbing in Oslo. During abseiling, I hadn’t tied a knot at the end of the rope and almost slid out. I saw the end of the rope at the last second, so I stopped abseiling.
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