Surrounded by my great-great-grandchildren.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 30 May 2017 source ↗
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What kind of death would you consider a good one?Originally asked
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T Bone Burnett
Musician and record producer
I would like to die in good health, at an old age, in a house on a mountain that looks out over the ocean, dreaming about everyone and everything I have had the impossible good fortune to have loved. Maybe Ralph Stanley is singing “Angel Band.”
Simon Boas
Aid worker; executive director of Jersey Overseas Aid
My pain is under control and I'm terribly happy - it sounds weird to say, but I'm as happy as I've ever been in my life. I used to think I'd rather be hit by the proverbial bus, but having a couple of months knowing this is coming has really helped me both do the boring 'death-min', but also get my thoughts and prepare myself, and feel so accepting of what's to come. It's been such a great bonus, actually.
Lily Tomlin
Comedian and actor
In my sleep, “dreaming android dreams of electric sheep.”
Zadie Smith
Novelist and essayist
Oblivious to the event or on the brink of a genuine religious conversion.
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