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Today, at the thought of this awful virus killing more and more people.
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Patricia Hodge
English actress
Two days ago, at a family wedding, remembering Richard, my cousin. He was 11 months younger than me and we were brought up like brother and sister for the first four years of our lives. He died of a brain tumour when he was 55.
Cybill Shepherd
American actress and former model
Yesterday: my old dog, Kim, has cancer, and I have to let him die now.
Ben Kingsley
English actor
For a film called Eliza Graves. It hasn't been released yet, but then again they might have edited that weeping sequence out.
Emily Mortimer
British actress
Yesterday, at my stepsister’s funeral. She was 78, an actor, and died of cancer.
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Again, too many times to mention, but probably being swung from the balcony at the top of the Columbia hotel in London by the bodyguard of a Saudi Arabian princess was fairly close.
My first car, three years ago – a Toyota Verso.
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