Farrokh Bulsara, better known by his stage name Freddie Mercury, was a British musician and composer who rose to prominence as the lead singer of the rock group Queen. Mercury died on November 24, 1991.
He was renowned for his flamboyant stage demeanour and four-octave vocal range and is regarded as one of the best vocalists in the history of rock music. With his theatrical approach, Mercury defied the expectations of a rock leader and influenced Queen’s aesthetic vision.
Who was with Freddie Mercury when he died?
Mercury passed away at his Kensington home on the evening of November 24, 1991, barely 24 hours after making the comment. He was 45 years old. AIDS-related bronchial pneumonia was the cause of death. Dave Clark, a member of the Dave Clark Five, was by Mercury’s bedside when he passed away.
HIV/AIDS signs were present in Freddie Mercury as early as 1982. Somebody to Love: The Life, Death, and Legacy of Freddie Mercury, a biography written by Matt Richards and Mark Langthorne, claims that a few weeks prior to Queen’s final American performance with Mercury on Saturday Night Live on September 25, 1982, Mercury secretly visited a doctor in New York City to have a white lesion on his tongue examined.