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What song would you want played at your funeral?Originally asked
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Gloria Estefan
Cuban-American singer and songwriter
A song I wrote years ago called Remember Me With Love.
Tony Ross
British writer of children's books
On The Good Ship Lollipop, by Shirley Temple.
Kelly Macdonald
Scottish actress
Joe Brown singing I'll See You In My Dreams.
Kim Gordon
American musician and artist
Cortez The Killer, by Neil Young.
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Not making a movie with Jimmy Stewart or Cary Grant.
As an honest person who liked a laugh.
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