Freddie Mercury, a British singer and composer who was best known as the lead singer of the rock group Queen, was born Farrokh Bulsara and died on November 24, 1991.
He was regarded as one of the best rock singers ever and was well-known for his flashy stage presence and four-octave vocal range. Mercury’s theatrical approach challenged the expectations of a rock vocalist, and it had an impact on Queen’s artistic vision.
Freddie Mercury children: Did Freddie Mercury have children?
Freddie Mercury never got married and never had kids. He had a long-term relationship with Mary Austin, with whom he shared a home for several years until coming out to her as gay in 1976 after beginning a relationship with US record executive David Minns.
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Mercury spent most of his youth in India, where he moved live with family at the age of seven and started taking piano lessons. Mercury was enrolled at St. Peter’s School, a boy’s boarding school in Panchgani, close to Bombay, in 1954 when he was eight years old. He founded the Hectics, a school band, when he was twelve years old, and they played rock and roll tunes by Little Richard and Cliff Richard.
