Rory Kinnear
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That will depend on when and how I die, but you couldn’t beat The Birdie Song to set the right tone.
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None: I do not want a funeral.
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Griff Rhys Jones
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No songs, please. Don’t make a fuss.
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American-British rock musician
When I Fall In Love, by Nat King Cole.
Kwame Kwei-Armah
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Any song by Donny Hathaway.
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It’s nearly happened twice, each time after an operation.
A 19th-century ebony and cane chair from the Raj period.
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