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Highwayman by the Highwaymen.
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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.
Eddie Izzard
British comedian and actress
Mozart’s clarinet concerto from the Out Of Africa soundtrack.
Patrisse Khan-Cullors
American artist and activist
A Donny Hathaway song called Be Real Black For Me.
Lorraine Pascale
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Desafinado, by Julie London.
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Jüngling (1917) by Erich Heckel.
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