How close have you come to death?

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Recorded Margaret Atwood said elsewhere, not written here
In 1948 when the brakes failed on our car. About to get on a plane to New York on 9/11. Choking on a fishbone.

Rosanna Greenstreet, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 October 2011 source ↗

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Ronald Harwood South African playwright and novelist
Having a heart attack two days after my wife’s funeral.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 November 2016 source ↗
Courtney Pine British jazz musician
We were doing a tour in Japan and as our plane landed, it rose again, out of the blue. About 10 years later there was this programme about 10 of the nearest misses, and it was my flight. There was another plane on the runway and we nearly landed on top of it. I didn’t know until 10 years later.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 September 2022 source ↗
Gemma Whelan English actress
I was very ill with anorexia when I was a teenager. I went into hospital voluntarily, otherwise they were going to section me.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 January 2020 source ↗

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