Moss and McCartney in top 10 living icons list

Paul McCartney and Kate Moss are in the top ten living icons list
11 April 2012
The Weekender

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Britons have voted for the nation's top 10 living icons and they include Sir Paul McCartney, Kate Moss and Sir David Attenborough.

The list includes only three women - singer Kate Bush and fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood join supermodel Moss, who at 32 is the youngest person in the top 10.

The other names vying for the position of Britain's greatest living icon are playwright Alan Bennett, singers David Bowie and Morrissey and actors Sir Michael Caine and Stephen Fry.

The names of more than 500 Britons were suggested by viewers of BBC2 programme The Culture Show, which is launching the search.

Producer Edward Morgan said: "It's a striking list - no Queen, no Maggie, no JK Rowling. Best of all this is a totally open race. Any of the 10 could win."

The winner will be announced on The Culture Show on December 16 after voting closes on November 27.

The BBC did not have a figure for the total number of viewers who voted in the survey.

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