Fatima Bhutto
Pakistani writer
We don’t play songs at funerals where I’m from, but if they had to – Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean.
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A Day In The Life by the Beatles.
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Cressida Cowell
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Thank You For The Music by Abba.
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Get Up, Stand Up by Bob Marley.
James Corden
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Goodbye Stranger by Supertramp.
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Alan Bennett, because he has been such a huge influence on me.
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