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How close have you come to dying?

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Cat Deeley English television presenter
Horse riding in a steep canyon in Los Angeles. A couple of paparazzi had hidden under camouflage blankets and when a horse sees a lens, he thinks it’s the eye of a predator. My horse flipped out. When he landed, I ended up on his neck; that was pretty close.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 May 2021 source ↗
Tess Daly English television presenter
On a motorway three years ago. An HGV hadn’t seen me and pulled out. My father-in-law’s a truck driver and he said black cars are not very visible. I don’t drive them any more.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 December 2016 source ↗
Jon Snow
When interviewing Idi Amin of Uganda in 1975, he shouted: “We have ways of dealing with people like you.”
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 March 2024 source ↗
Orlando Bloom English actor
At 20, I fell from a fourth-floor window and broke my back. For four days they said I’d never walk again, but I had a miraculous recovery.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 March 2021 source ↗

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