Cybill Shepherd
American actress and former model
My epitaph says: 'We'll make this a comedy yet.' I've already planned it.
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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.
As a great mother, wife and songwriter.
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Sonny Rollins
Jazz tenor saxophonist and composer
I hope so, yes! The thing is that my spiritual leanings don’t accept what we would call life and death… We don’t believe in that. There is no end! There is no dying. We’re here forever! Even though your body turns to dust like everything else in this world, your soul is going to continue on. Even though I’m not able to perform music anymore, I’m still here as a human being, my soul will still be here when I’m gone — so every day I’m trying to be a good human being. And I guess whatever I accomplish in that sense will turn into the legacy of Sonny Rollins.
Lauren Laverne
English radio DJ, and television presenter
I’d rather be enjoyed while I am still here.
Michael Flatley
American step dancer
I think any of us will be lucky to be remembered at all.
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