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I would borrow from Peter Sellers: Glenn Miller’s In The Mood.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 June 2016 source ↗
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Bill Bailey
Comedian and musician
Once in a Lifetime by Talking Heads. When I first heard it at 15, it was different to all the punk I was listening to. When I was starting out in my career, it was all about: ‘How is this possible? How am I doing this?’ Now it’s: ‘Is this my life? How did I get here?’ The lyrics are all about returning full to nature. That’s how I imagine death to be. So that’s what I want at my funeral. And they’ll play Combine Harvester by the Wurzels as people are leaving the church.
Kathleen Turner
American actress
One of my daughter's. She wrote a song for me called Strong Like You, and she played it at the opening of my last play, Mother Courage. Every mother there cried.
Tom Ellis
Welsh actor
Another One Bites The Dust.
Griff Rhys Jones
British actor and comedian
No songs, please. Don’t make a fuss.
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My sister’s death – I would love to meet her kids. [Karen Grammer was 18 when she was abducted, raped and murdered.]
Thirty seconds ago. I cry a lot. I find great solace in it.
Putin. Because he is so comfortably who he is.
My two middle children, Mason and Jude. They will know why.
This morning, surrounded by my children and my wife, Kayte.
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