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Pure Shores by All Saints.
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What song would you want played at your funeral?Originally asked
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Harriet Walter
English actress
I went to a funeral where they played Cheek To Cheek: Fred Astaire singing “Heaven. I’m in heaven… ” Everyone smiled. I’d like that.
Sara Pascoe
English comedian, presenter, writer
Nothing – I don’t like music. I want my funeral to be uncomfortably quiet.
Tony Ross
British writer of children's books
On The Good Ship Lollipop, by Shirley Temple.
Gina McKee
British actress
Ronald Binge’s Sailing By.
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