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On 24 November 1991, British musician and Queen frontman Freddie Mercury died from bronchial pneumonia at his home in Kensington. He had exhibited HIV/AIDS symptoms as early as 1982 and was diagnosed with AIDS in 1987. Mercury announced his diagnosis the day before his death, from complications from the disease, at the age of 45.
Nov 26, 2021 · On 24th November 1991, the rock music icon Freddie Mercury lost his battle with AIDS. He'd been struggling with the disease for years, having initially been diagnosed several years before.
Feb 23, 2019 · While it has since become well-known that Mercury had HIV/AIDS, the virtuoso singer and musician only publicly revealed his diagnosis the day before his death on November 24, 1991, at the...
In April 1992, the remaining members of Queen founded The Mercury Phoenix Trust and organised The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness, to celebrate the life and legacy of Mercury and raise money for AIDS research, which took place on 20 April 1992.
Nov 23, 2016 · Had he not died in 1991 of AIDS-related pneumonia, Mercury would now be 70 years old. But 25 years after his death, the Mercury bio seems as relevant as ever, obsessed as we are with...
Nov 1, 2018 · Mercury, who died from complications of AIDS in 1991, is at the center of a Queen biopic that touches on his life — and shocking death at the age of 45. Born Farrokh Bulsara in Tanzania in 1946,...
Nov 24, 2021 · Freddie Mercury’s death from AIDS complications 30 years ago today shook the world, and decades later his voice and memory are still cherished by millions. The lead singer of Queen defied the conventions of a typical rock frontman, bringing a maverick flamboyance to the stage that was unlike anything before him.
Nov 24, 2021 · But Freddie Mercury: The Final Act isn’t interested in rehashing that well-worn story – instead, the documentary tells the story of Freddie’s life by contextualising it alongside the experiences of other queer people who lived through the AIDS epidemic.
Nov 2, 2018 · While Mercury is remembered more for his music than for anything, his health status did in fact become public just days before he died of complications of AIDS-related pneumonia on Nov. 24,...
Nov 25, 1991 · Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of the hard-rock group Queen, died today at his home in Kensington here. He was 45 years old. He died of bronchopneumonia resulting from AIDS, his publicity agent...
