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Right now, Get Lucky. I'm sure this will change.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 August 2013 source ↗
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What song would you want played at your funeral?Originally asked
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Sara Pascoe
English comedian, presenter, writer
Nothing – I don’t like music. I want my funeral to be uncomfortably quiet.
Malcolm Gladwell
Staff writer at The New Yorker; author of The Tipping Point and Outliers
Kiss And Say Goodbye by the Manhattans.
Eddie Marsan
British actor
George Harrison's My Sweet Lord.
Lorraine Pascale
British model and cook
Desafinado, by Julie London.
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