Terry O'Neill
British photographer
I was invited to Sharon Tate’s house the night she was murdered. I declined the invite due to jetlag.
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A recurring Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.
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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.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 March 2021 source ↗
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Craig David
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I’m convinced heartache almost killed me a few years ago.
Physically, falling off my bike two years ago. Emotionally, when my mother died when I was 27.
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I lost my poodle, Mighty. He was out of my sight for just seven minutes; he went out on an adventure and didn’t come back, and was taken by a coyote, I think. It was awful, really painful; he taught me about love and loyalty, and how the connection between living beings can be.
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