Kim Gordon: How close have you come to death?

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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 Gordon said elsewhere, not written here

When I was little, I took a bunch of pills out of the cabinet because I was bored, when I was supposed to be taking a nap. I had to have my stomach pumped.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2020 source ↗

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Omid Djalili British stand-up comedian and actor

I had spinal meningitis when I was 13.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 August 2010 source ↗

Tracey Ullman British and American actress

On a plane with Meryl Streep in 1984: the engines blew and we had to make an emergency landing.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 March 2017 source ↗

Beverley Knight Singer and stage actor

On a flight to Newcastle, when we had terrible storms. The plane dropped quickly and the oxygen masks fell down. We had to land in Manchester.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 July 2022 source ↗

Bobby Gillespie Singer and songwriter

In 2016, I fell off stage in Switzerland and broke my back in four places.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 May 2021 source ↗