One minute he was a boy with a gaunt, sad little face and the next he was a picture of ecstasy. He died on November 24, 1991, with Jim recalling that the suffering had disappeared from his face following his passing. Once back at their home at the Garden Lodge, in London's Kensington, the Zanzibar-born artist took to his bed where he slept and watched television with a rotation of trusted friends, including Jim and Mercury’s ex-girlfriend, Mary Austin.Īccording to Jim's account in his autobiography, Mercury And Me, Freddie decided to stop taking all medication apart from painkillers two weeks before his death.Īs he grew weaker, he also stopped eating solid foods, consuming only fruit and fruit juices. In Hutton’s biography, he said the Barcelona singer had been well enough to holiday in Switzerland a month before his passing but it became clear upon their return to Britain that his condition was deteriorating. The most intimate account of Mercury’s final days comes from his partner Hutton, who died from lung cancer in 2010 aged just 60. Queen continued to record during Freddie’s illness but their touring ceased - a decision that sparked rumours about the showman’s health in the media at the time. While AIDS is now a treatable illness, during the 1980s it was an epidemic that killed thousands, especially those in the gay community. It is not known when exactly Mercury contracted AIDS, but he and Jim lived as a married couple - wearing wedding rings to symbolise their commitment - up until Freddie's death, with Jim by his side. How Freddie Mercury diedįreddie Mercury made music right up until he died (Image: Getty Images,BBC/Rogan Productions/Getty Images) May said they all “agreed to deny it to protect Freddie” if they were ever questioned about his illness. Guitarist Brian May, speaking last year to mark what would have been Mercury’s 75th birthday, said Freddie had told his bandmates following his diagnosis: “I want to carry on making music for as long as I f**king can." Queen continued to make music right up until the extravagant star’s death, with the band agreeing to protect his privacy after he opened up to them about contracting the disease. Mercury - whose real name was Farrokh Bulsara - diagnosed with AIDS in 1987, according to his long-term partner Jim Hutton. The We Are The Champions singer only announced the day before he died that he was suffering from the disease, having made a number of public appearances in the 12 month prior looking increasingly ill. The frontman of rock band Queen died of AIDS in 1991, passing away two months after his 45th birthday. Freddie Mercury would have turned 76 if he had been alive today (Monday September 5).
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