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If I Can Dream, by Elvis Presley.
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Burt Reynolds
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The psalm would be the 23rd. I’ll have to think about the song.
Joely Richardson
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I’d prefer no song, and no funeral: I’d like my loved ones to go on a walk, mostly in silence, instead. It’s all better not put into words.
Erin O'Connor
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Cell Block Tango from the musical Chicago.
Simon Le Bon
English singer
I’m torn between Fauré’s Requiem and The Long And Winding Road.
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