Julian Clary: How close have you come to death?

The question

How close have you come to death?

Originally asked

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

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

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Julian Clary

English actor, comedian, novelist and presenter

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

A gig in Chatham.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 June 2022 source ↗

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Kim Wilde English pop singer

When I was three and had meningitis.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 August 2019 source ↗

Paul Heaton British musician

Again, too many times to mention, but probably being swung from the balcony at the top of the Columbia hotel in London by the bodyguard of a Saudi Arabian princess was fairly close.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 May 2020 source ↗

Jack Davenport

About five years ago, a half-tonne tree branch fell and missed me by three feet.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 March 2024 source ↗

Alison Moyet English singer

When I was doing my gold swimming badge. I had to get undressed in a swimming pool and had forgotten my gym kit, so the teacher gave me a kit two sizes too small. In the water, I got my arms up over my head to get the shirt off and they locked. I sank to the bottom of the pool and sat there until a girl jumped in and dragged me back up again.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 June 2017 source ↗