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Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life.
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What song would you want played at your funeral?Originally asked
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Terence Conran
British restaurateur and designer
I have asked a fireworks company to put my ashes in a collection of rockets, so I think the right tune is Handel’s firework music.
Rick Stein
English chef
Sanctus from Fauré's Requiem.
Joan Bakewell
English journalist, television presenter and politician
A hymn called The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended.
Lorraine Pascale
British model and cook
Desafinado, by Julie London.
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When I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro for charity. It was horrendous.
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