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Chopin's Romance – Larghetto.
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What song would you want played at your funeral?Originally asked
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Sara Pascoe
English comedian, presenter, writer
Nothing – I don’t like music. I want my funeral to be uncomfortably quiet.
Lesley Sharp
British actress
Les Fleurs by Minnie Riperton.
Rita Ora
British singer-songwriter
Frank Sinatra singing My Way.
Sananda Maitreya
Singer and songwriter
As a native-derived person, we don’t believe in death. Death is a western, fear-based concept. We believe that an eternal spirit is housed into a temporary vehicle, and when that vehicle no longer becomes tenable to inhabit, we just move on. If I had to play music, I’d insist on Beethoven’s Triple Concerto.
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