Peter Capaldi
Actor and director
Johnny Cash’s version of Danny Boy.
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I Gotta Feeling.
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Gloria Gaynor
Singer
A song I wrote called I Want to See You. It’s about reunion – about seeing your loved ones again in heaven. That’s the message I’d want to leave behind.
Timmy Mallett
Broadcaster and painter
At my late brother Martin’s funeral we played He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother by the Hollies. Martin lived a life that inspired me with the way he approached his learning difficulties and the love he showed us all with his Down’s syndrome. I often think that extra chromosome of Down’s syndrome is a chromosome of love, and you can’t have too much love in the world, can you?
Emilia Fox
English actress and presenter
I would like the poem Cherish by Raymond Carver. It was read by my dad at my wedding, and is my absolute favourite.
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When I had my first kid and when I had my first big success with I Gotta Feeling.
My girlfriend [Cuban model Jessica Ledon].
Every time I put out a record, I feel like it’s the best. So when a record is not successful it’s very painful.
As a nice person, I hope.
People worship music artists or actors but I have a lot of admiration for doctors, people who save lives.
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