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Conversation starters to sparkmeaningful discussions

Talking about death and dying isn’t easy.At Marie Curie, we believe in starting thoseconversations now, so your loved ones knowwhat you’d choose when the time comes.

Each of the following questions is designed to help you share your wishes. Use them todiscover more about your family and friends. Ask the questions whenever it feels appropriate – there’s no right or wrong way to use them.

Perhaps you’ll work through them one-by-one, or pick out questions at random to get you talking. Either way, we hope the questions will initiate the useful, informative discussionsyou might otherwise avoid.

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What was the last thing that

made you laugh out loud?

Who would you like to give

you a top-notch eulogy?

Describe the flowers you’d have at your

funeral.

What’s the most

memorable on-screen

death scene?

What’s the one word you’d like people to use to

describe you?

Name three people who

should probably know where your

Will is kept.

What’s the most precious object

you possess?

What would you have as your

last supper?

Describe your perfect day.

Would you prefer to be buried, cremated, or

something else?

What would be your funeral

dress code: black, bright colours, or something else?

Who or what is your greatest

love?

Take one minute to

tell your life story in as

much detail as you can.

Complete the sentence: at my wake, the food will include…

Complete the sentence: the outfit I want

to be buried or cremated in is…

What’s the last thing that made you cry?

Which book, film or TV programme

has had the biggest impact

on your life?

Name three songs you’d

like played at your funeral.

If any band or musician could perform at your

funeral, who would you choose?

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Complete the sentence: it

might surprise you to learn this,

but I once…

If your life could be

summed up by a song, what would it be?

What words would you

like on your headstone?

What’s the one place you’d

really like to visit before

you die?

Complete the sentence: if

people do one thing in my memory, I’d

want it to be…

What has been the most embarrassing

moment of your life?

What role, if any, should

faith or beliefs play in your

funeral?

Which life lesson has been the

hardest to learn?

Act out your life story in five

movements.

Where would you like your

wake to be held?

If you had a year to live, would you change

anything about your life now?

What’s the last song you’d like to hear before

you die?

For what do you feel most

grateful?

Which of your body parts,

if any, would you be willing to donate to

science?

What’s the one thing you’re

most proud of?

Where is your happy place?

What is your most treasured

memory?

Where would you like your

funeral to take place?

What would you like to be remembered

for?

What are the words

you live by?

Who is your hero?

Do you want to leave money to a charity, or have a funeral collection for

them?

If you could change one thing about

yourself, what would it be?

What do you think is the

meaning of life?

As a child, what did you want

to be when you grew up?

Name three things you’d

like to do before you die.

In a film about your life, who

would you want to play you?

What do you think

happens when a person dies?

If you could travel back

in time, what would you do?

A year after you’ve died,

what would you like your friends and family to be

saying about you?

Who is the one person from your

past that you’d most like to see again and what would you do

together?

Describe your greatest fear.

What’s the most daring thing you’ve ever done?

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