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What would you like to be remembered for?

214 answers answered between 1995 and 2026 one of 5 in 73 Questions

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Vogue, to one guest at a time, on camera, 73 Questions

A recurring legacy prompt in Vogue's 73 Questions, appearing with only minor wording changes.

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Mohamed ElBaradei Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, 1997-2009; Nobel Peace Prize 2005
My sister-in-law and I are working towards the same goal, through different paths: the security of the human family.
Recorded Nobel Peace Prize lecture, Oslo, Nobel Prize, 10 December 2005 source ↗
Angus Deayton English actor, comedian, presenter and writer
With the correct pronunciation of my name.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 August 2016 source ↗
Louis Walsh Irish music manager and television personality
I’d like people to say, “Well, he was a bit odd, he was a bit funny.”
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 September 2017 source ↗
Griff Rhys Jones British actor and comedian
As a charming, helpful, solicitous, generous, loving, carefree and constantly funny companion, lover and father. Some hope of that.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 December 2017 source ↗
John Malkovich American actor
By my friends as hopefully someone who was a good friend, or at least amusing, but I don’t need to be remembered by people I don’t know.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 March 2018 source ↗
Toyah Willcox English singer-songwriter, actress and television presenter
For winning that elusive Oscar.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 April 2019 source ↗
Michael Stipe American singer
As kind, unafraid and boldly vulnerable – and immensely talented, like, mega supernova level. And super hot. And tall. With great skin.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 January 2020 source ↗
Val McDermid Scottish crime novel writer
I would like to be remembered for the quality of my work by people who don’t know me; and by the people who know me I’d like to be remembered for being good company.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 February 2020 source ↗

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