How close have you come to death?

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Recorded Emeli Sandé said elsewhere, not written here
On a camping holiday in Scotland when I was nine: I was in an inflatable dinghy that drifted out to sea. A lifeboat had to come.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 January 2017 source ↗

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Beverley Knight Singer and stage actor
On a flight to Newcastle, when we had terrible storms. The plane dropped quickly and the oxygen masks fell down. We had to land in Manchester.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 July 2022 source ↗
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 ↗
Marc Almond English singer
The motorcycle crash, but also when a neon sign fell on my head in Soho in the 90s.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 November 2017 source ↗

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