Simon Bird
English actor and comedian
Candle In The Wind.
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I am going straight to cremation like David Bowie, so there would be no funeral.
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Jessica Hynes
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Paprika Plains by Joni Mitchell.
Malcolm Gladwell
Staff writer at The New Yorker; author of The Tipping Point and Outliers
Kiss And Say Goodbye by the Manhattans.
Anna Paquin
New Zealand actress
I don’t have a favourite song, but I will definitely give it some thought, so no one’s arguing about it when I die.
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Romantic love – what a con. (I do still believe in it.)
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