Kim Wilde: How close have you come to death?

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.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Kim Wilde said elsewhere, not written here

When I was three and had meningitis.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 August 2019 source ↗

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Madhur Jaffrey Actress, cook, and TV host

It’s nearly happened twice, each time after an operation.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 February 2021 source ↗

Emily Mortimer British actress

Giving birth is much more treacherous than people let on.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 October 2020 source ↗

Vanessa Redgrave British actress and activist

In April 2015 I nearly died, as my heart was finding it too difficult to keep my smoke-destroyed lungs going.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 September 2018 source ↗

Carl Barât English musician

Probably when I didn’t sleep for a week on drugs in 2009. I’d had a lot of meth and my heart felt like it was giving out. I remember climbing over balconies really high up, and I thought I was going to die, until I eventually fell asleep in someone’s garden.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 March 2022 source ↗

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Question Which living person do you most admire, and why? Values & belief

Greta Thunberg. She has reached into the hearts and minds of people all over the world and woken them up to the terrible impact we are having on our planet. What a fascinating force of nature she is.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 August 2019 source ↗