Louis Walsh: What would you like to be remembered for?

What would you like to be remembered for?

Originally asked

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.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Louis Walsh said elsewhere, not written here

I’d like people to say, “Well, he was a bit odd, he was a bit funny.”

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 September 2017 source ↗

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Dominic Cooper English actor

Just remembered will do.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 August 2017 source ↗

Lauren Laverne English radio DJ, and television presenter

I’d rather be enjoyed while I am still here.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 February 2022 source ↗

Alex Hassell

As someone with integrity.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 May 2026 source ↗

Simon Boas Aid worker; executive director of Jersey Overseas Aid

All our lives are little books - but they're not someone else's complete book. You're a chapter or a page or a footnote in someone else's life and they are going to keep writing beautiful chapters when you are gone. And those green shoots can grow around grief and put it in perspective. I hope people will think, "I'm glad I read that - Simon's story". And just because it's over, doesn't mean it's gone.

Recorded Emma Barnett, BBC Radio 4, Today, as published by BBC News, 4 July 2024 source ↗