Bobbi Brown: How close have you come to death?

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.

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

Recorded Bobbi Brown said elsewhere, not written here

When I got hit by a car in my home town.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 October 2025 source ↗

Others on this question

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Bobby Gillespie Singer and songwriter

In 2016, I fell off stage in Switzerland and broke my back in four places.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 May 2021 source ↗

Meghann Fahy

A blood clot in my artery when I was 23.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 April 2026 source ↗

Irvine Welsh Scottish novelist

When a pal grabbed hold of me as I fell into an unbanistered stairwell at a rave. Would have been curtains, but for his sharp reaction.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 December 2016 source ↗

Emma Bunton British singer

When I was seven or eight, I got run over and was actually under the car, which was scary. I just ran out; it was totally my fault. I was fine – all I got was a tiny scar on my knee.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 June 2021 source ↗