Ronnie Wood: 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 Ronnie Wood said elsewhere, not written here

I can dodge the bullets – I’m lucky.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 September 2017 source ↗

Others on this question

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Fiona Allen

I think I had a close shave with the taxi driver John Worboys. I was in Soho and going back to Chiswick where I lived, and I got a black cab. This guy wouldn’t stop talking and he offered me champagne, and I said: “I don’t like champagne.” It went a bit quiet and I thought I’d offended him. Then I remember going: “Hang on a minute, you shouldn’t be drinking champagne if you’re driving.” And he said: “I’ve just won the lottery and I’m finished after this.” I had a lucky escape.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 August 2026 source ↗

Mariella Frostrup

I’ve had a few hairy scrapes as a scuba diver.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 November 2023 source ↗

Julia Ormond English actress

A trip to a Macedonian refugee camp that I switched out of, to go at a later date. Those who took my place were killed in a horrific car accident.

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

Joanne Froggatt English actress

I was in a car crash when I was 16, and I have a little scar on my face from smashing the passenger window with my head. If the car had rolled, I would have been dead.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 February 2019 source ↗