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Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone.
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What song would you want played at your funeral?Originally asked
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Jean Paul Gaultier
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David Bowie's Fashion.
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I Happen To Like New York: I tell people all the time, so they will be sure not to forget.
Joan Jett
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Amazing Grace, on bagpipes.
Gary Barlow
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The cancan. It’s celebratory and it would demonstrate the ridiculousness of this life.
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Eden Hazard, a true sportsman.
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