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As a kind man who told good stories.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 August 2019 source ↗
The question
How would you want people to remember you?Originally asked
Vogue, to one guest at a time, on camera, 73 Questions
A recurring legacy prompt in Vogue's 73 Questions, appearing with only minor wording changes.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Others on this question
View all 213 →Through a series of mistakes in write-ups, I’d like to be remembered for something like being Britain’s finest downhill skier or inventing pickled onions.
Sara Cox
English broadcaster
For making people’s journeys on the M6 a bit easier.
I don’t care that much about legacy. Within family I do, but not externally.
Brendan Gleeson
Irish actor and director
With tenderness.
More from Armistead Maupin
View profile →My friend Ian McKellen, who has an extraordinary record as an actor and a gay activist.
Not a lawyer, which was what I told everyone, because my father wanted me to be one.
I would have come out earlier.
The coming out letter I wrote in Tales Of The City – it seems to be the thing that’s going to last after I’m gone.
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