Joan Bakewell: What song would you want played at your funeral?

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What song would you want played at your funeral?

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Joan Bakewell

English journalist, television presenter and politician

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A hymn called The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 October 2013 source ↗

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Malorie Blackman British writer

What A Wonderful World, by Louis Armstrong.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 September 2013 source ↗

Nicola Walker British actress

Funerals are for the people left behind, so I don’t mind.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 January 2017 source ↗

Rickie Lee Jones Singer and songwriter

That’s always changing, depending on how I think I’m going to die. At the moment, I’d like my own song Away from the Sky at my funeral.

Recorded The Guardian, Honest playlist, The Guardian, 29 May 2023 source ↗

Terry O'Neill British photographer

Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 January 2017 source ↗

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