Krishnan Guru-Murthy: How close have you come to death?

Originally asked

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Recorded Krishnan Guru-Murthy said elsewhere, not written here

I’ve dodged a couple of bullets in dodgy war zones, but I suspect the closest I’ve come to death was a reckless, drunken brush with a waltzer at a student funfair. It nearly chopped me in half.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 January 2021 source ↗

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Madhur Jaffrey Actress, cook, and TV host

It’s nearly happened twice, each time after an operation.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 February 2021 source ↗

Felicity Jones British actress

Nearly crashing into a train on one film, almost falling out of a hot-air balloon on another, narrowly avoiding getting knocked over by a taxi …

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 May 2023 source ↗

Julie Hesmondhalgh English actress and narrator

Childbirth. And the wheel of our camper van coming clean off on the M1.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 February 2018 source ↗

Lance Black American screenwriter, director, producer and activist

On a flight between Beijing and London with Team GB divers. There was a fire on the plane. We landed on a long-abandoned strip in Siberia. Two days later, the same flight attendants told us we had beaten the odds by surviving.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 June 2019 source ↗