Dolly Parton
American singer-songwriter, actress and businesswoman
Singing onstage—and everyone walking around me saying, “Look how happy she looks.”
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Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
A fixed final question in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire, repeated verbatim across respondent pages.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I’d like to die anytime after the age of 90—in my sleep!
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 5 July 2016 source ↗
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Neil Patrick Harris
Actor
Quickly and by surprise. I don’t want the specter of death to linger.
Ina Garten
Cookery writer and shop owner
I don’t care as long as Jeffrey and I go together and we end up in a big suite with a view of the ocean.
Al Franken
Senator and comedian
Surrounded by my great-great-grandchildren.
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Close friends, spectacular food, gorgeous weather, and interesting conversation!
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I know we all have to die, but when my time comes, I’d rather it not be because a goose flew into the engine of a plane I’m on.
I’m disorganized.
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