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What most recently moved you to tears?

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Watching the documentary The Remarkable Life of Ibelin [about a gamer who died at 25 of a degenerative muscular disease]. I bawled.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 February 2025 source ↗
I cry all the time. It’s embarrassing. I mostly cry when my children perform something at school. My wife regularly says, “Do you see any other fathers weeping?” But I can’t stop myself.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 June 2026 source ↗
Carlos Acosta Cuban ballet dancer
A few nights ago I was crying in my sleep, dreaming of my dead parents.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 September 2018 source ↗

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