Which living person do you most admire, and why?

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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Benedict Cumberbatch said elsewhere, not written here
Amber, my aunt, and her boyfriend, Gian Luigi Valino – he has primary lateral sclerosis and she cares for him.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 January 2012 source ↗

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Johanna Konta British tennis player
My parents, because they did what they did to give me the opportunities to do what I do. They left their lives behind in Australia and started again in their 40s in a new country.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 June 2018 source ↗
Hayley Atwell British American actress
Moyra Samuels, Nicole Belfon, Yvette Williams, Judy Bolton and Tasha Brade from Justice4Grenfell, for turning grief into action.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 December 2018 source ↗
Jo Brand English entertainer
All women who slog their guts out every day, quietly getting on with bringing up their families.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 September 2015 source ↗

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