How would you like to die?

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Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire

A fixed final question in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire, repeated verbatim across respondent pages.

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Recorded Audra McDonald said elsewhere, not written here
In my bed at home at a ripe old age with the knowledge that my children, and grandchildren if I have any, are thriving, happy, and provided for.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 23 August 2023 source ↗

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Ina Garten Cookery writer and shop owner
I don’t care as long as Jeffrey and I go together and we end up in a big suite with a view of the ocean.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 20 September 2016 source ↗
Simon Boas Aid worker; executive director of Jersey Overseas Aid
My pain is under control and I'm terribly happy - it sounds weird to say, but I'm as happy as I've ever been in my life. I used to think I'd rather be hit by the proverbial bus, but having a couple of months knowing this is coming has really helped me both do the boring 'death-min', but also get my thoughts and prepare myself, and feel so accepting of what's to come. It's been such a great bonus, actually.
Recorded Emma Barnett, BBC Radio 4, Today, as published by BBC News, 4 July 2024 source ↗
In my sleep. And I don’t think about it. It’ll be what it’ll be.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 19 February 2013 source ↗

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