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George Harrison's My Sweet Lord.
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Suggs
Singer
Is That All There Is? by Peggy Lee. I find it uplifting, because we all suffer these things in life. Will my funeral be happy or sad? Depends who you’re talking to. Some people will be happy. A couple will be sad. But I’d like a jolly affair.
Elaine Paige
English singer and actress
Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien. And my headstone should read: “Game, set and match.”
Suzi Quatro
American-British rock musician
When I Fall In Love, by Nat King Cole.
Eddie Izzard
British comedian and actress
Mozart’s clarinet concerto from the Out Of Africa soundtrack.
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