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The Importance Of Being Idle by Oasis. I’m in the video, which is basically my own funeral, so it’d be nice and macabre.
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Sienna Miller
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The Lady Is A Tramp, by Frank Sinatra.
Julian Sands
British actor
Rufus Wainwright’s Get Happy.
Clara Amfo
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Run to the Sun by NERD. I’ve always loved that song. People always think that Pharrell [Williams] wrote it about a lover but it was about his grandmother, who passed away. My brother was a massive NERD fan – he got me into them and there’s something so pure and loving about that song. I want my funeral to be a joyous occasion, I want people to rave and to wear bright colours. But for the moment of reflection, I want that song.
Joan Bakewell
English journalist, television presenter and politician
A hymn called The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended.
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