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Yesterday, at my stepsister’s funeral. She was 78, an actor, and died of cancer.
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Marc Almond
English singer
Yesterday: I went to see the film God’s Own Country.
Probably watching some poor abandoned cat or dog being nursed back to life by a stranger on YouTube.
Mike Skinner
English rapper
I cry all the time.
Lorraine Pascale
British model and cook
When I spilled hot fat on my hand a couple of weeks ago.
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Not being able to sing.
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