Gayle King
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I know we all have to die, but when my time comes, I’d rather it not be because a goose flew into the engine of a plane I’m on.
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Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
The exact prompt is fixed in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire and independently sustained in The Guardian's The Q&A over multiple decades.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Dying of the same awful disease that took my mother – a particularly aggressive form of dementia called Pick’s disease.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 May 2022 source ↗
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Running out of ideas.
To be completely alone.
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A ballerina. I remain rather disappointed that I became a rock star instead.
Like a cosy cloud of softness coupled with an orthopaedic mattress underneath.
It was such a beautiful summer’s night and I had pink hair and my band was doing really well and my mum was there, my mum was still alive. It was very magical for me and to get the honour of my city, to be blessed by their respect, it was delicious.
By the sea. I would like to be on the beach in Kerala, I would like to be on the beach at Yellowcraigs in Scotland, and then at a really good table, drinking really good wine, eating delicious food, and discussing things I am passionate about with people that I am passionate about.
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