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What kind of death would you consider a good one?

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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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Audra McDonald Singer and actor
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.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 23 August 2023 source ↗
Zadie Smith Novelist and essayist
Oblivious to the event or on the brink of a genuine religious conversion.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 4 November 2016 source ↗
At the right time, and like my father—utterly without fear or pain, at home, with all whom I love. It was his last lesson as a parent to me.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 28 April 2020 source ↗

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