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We Are Family, by Sister Sledge.
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Ed O'Brien
Guitarist
I sang in Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem in a choir as a kid. The final movement, In Paradisum, is one of the most beautiful, seemingly simple pieces of music. So I’ll have that, please.
Olivia Colman
British actress
Summer Breeze, by the Isley Brothers.
Terence Conran
British restaurateur and designer
I have asked a fireworks company to put my ashes in a collection of rockets, so I think the right tune is Handel’s firework music.
EL James
British author
Adagio from Concerto No 3 in D Minor BWV 974, played by James Rhodes.
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