Cybill Shepherd: What song would you like played at your funeral?

What song would you like played at your funeral?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

A fixed Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Cybill Shepherd said elsewhere, not written here

Glenn Miller's A String Of Pearls.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 June 2008 source ↗

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David Olusoga Historian and broadcaster

I’ve spent my life hogging the stereo. My funeral feels a good moment to finally let someone else choose the soundtrack.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 March 2021 source ↗

Shirley Ballas English ballroom dancer

We’ve Only Just Begun by The Carpenters.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 June 2018 source ↗

David Baddiel Comedian and writer

My daughter Dolly singing Your Song by Elton John when she was 11. I was filming and the filming is pathetic because you can tell I’m just wobbling with tears. I want everyone to cry at my funeral, including my daughter.

Recorded The Guardian, Honest playlist, The Guardian, 13 January 2025 source ↗

Malcolm Gladwell Staff writer at The New Yorker; author of The Tipping Point and Outliers

Kiss And Say Goodbye by the Manhattans.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 April 2021 source ↗