Dan Stevens: How close have you come to death?

The question

How close have you come to death?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

A recurring Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.

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Dan Stevens

English actor

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Probably on a Los Angeles freeway.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 November 2017 source ↗

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Gemma Whelan English actress

I was very ill with anorexia when I was a teenager. I went into hospital voluntarily, otherwise they were going to section me.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 January 2020 source ↗

Gloria Steinem Writer and feminist organiser

I’ve had cancer three times, but never felt close to death except when I walked between parked cars on my street and a car sped past my nose.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 March 2017 source ↗

Tess Daly English television presenter

On a motorway three years ago. An HGV hadn’t seen me and pulled out. My father-in-law’s a truck driver and he said black cars are not very visible. I don’t drive them any more.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 December 2016 source ↗

David Arquette American actor, producer, & former professional wrestler

I got stabbed in the neck with a light tube during a wrestling “death match” two years ago. It was scary. I thought I was dying: your life does flash before your eyes.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 January 2021 source ↗