Malcolm Gladwell
Staff writer at The New Yorker; author of The Tipping Point and Outliers
Kiss And Say Goodbye by the Manhattans.
What song would you like played at your funeral?
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This week it’s I Fall In Love Too Easily by Chet Baker.
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David Arquette
American actor, producer, & former professional wrestler
David Bowie’s Life On Mars.
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I’d prefer no song, and no funeral: I’d like my loved ones to go on a walk, mostly in silence, instead. It’s all better not put into words.
Joseph Fiennes
English actor
Jeff Buckley's rendition of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah.
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if you have never suffered from self-loathing, lucky you.
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