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The Lady Is A Tramp, by Frank Sinatra.
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David Arquette
American actor, producer, & former professional wrestler
David Bowie’s Life On Mars.
Joely Richardson
British actress
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.
Adrian Edmondson
English actor, comedian, musician and writer
Jazz, Delicious Hot, Disgusting Cold by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. Whenever Rik and I got stuck writing a script, we would put this on and the world would immediately seem to be a more stupidly brilliant place again.
Nicola Walker
British actress
Funerals are for the people left behind, so I don’t mind.
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