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Freddie Mercury was a British singer, songwriter and pianist who achieved global fame as the lead vocalist and pianist of the rock band Queen, which he co-founded with guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor. Regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of rock music, he is known for his flamboyant stage persona and four-octave vocal range. Mercury defied the conventions of a rock f…
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entertainment · British rock singer and songwriter (1946–1991) · singer-songwriter · guitarist · pianist · composer · record producer · singer · manufacturer · painter · poet · graphic designer · also Freddie Mercury, Larry Lurex, Mercury
Born 5 September 1946 · Died 24 November 1991 · Q15869
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We were sitting around at one of the annual bi conventions, venting and someone – I think it was Gigi – said we should have a party. We all loved the great bisexual, Freddie Mercury. His birthday was in September, so why not Sept? We wanted a weekend day to ensure the most people would do something. Gigi
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“We were sitting around at one of the annual bi conventions, venting and someone – I think it was Gigi – said we should have a party. We all loved the great bisexual, Freddie Mercury. His birthday was in September, so why not Sept? We wanted a weekend day to ensure the most people would do something. Gigi”
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El Economista: "Mi vida junto a Freddie Mercury": la que fuera novia del líder de Queen publica un libro sobre el cantante que cambió la historia del pop
The Times: My life with Freddie Mercury — by the best friend he nearly married
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Swish Appeal: WNBA gameday discussion: Don’t let the Phoenix Mercury’s struggles allow you to forget that Kahleah ‘Freaking’ Copper is still freaking good
LOS40 México: Crean billete de Freddie Mercury, ¿ya lo conocías?
La Nación: Kelsey Plum and her new Phoenix Mercury teammates work to gain chemistry with an eye on 2027
ATV.pe: Casa de Freddie Mercury será subastada con precio base de 35 millones de euros
Nature: Carbon distribution in planet Mercury from magma ocean evolution to graphite crust and core composition
The Guardian: Freddie Mercury’s ‘splendid things’ to go on display at V&A
“You can do what you want with my music, but don”
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Astronomy Magazine: The Sky Today on Saturday, August 15: A conjunction of Mercury and Jupiter
The IX Sports: ‘It’s about pride’: How the Phoenix Mercury are coping with their playoff odds dwindling
Astronomy Magazine: The Sky This Week from August 14 to 21: Mercury and Jupiter meet
The Guardian: Paul McCartney becomes first-time nominee for Mercury prize, up against Olivia Dean, Dave and more
Public attention spiked: 36,121 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.2× the usual 11,265, with 0 article edits.
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The Guardian: Beatles, Bowie, Dylan, Mercury and more: rock’n’roll royalty – in pictures
The Guardian: Unseen Bohemian Rhapsody verses to feature in Freddie Mercury lyric book
Snopes rated the claim “Queen frontman Freddie Mercury did not sing "of the world" at the end of the band’s song "We Are the Champions," which was first released in 1977.” Mixture.
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The Guardian: Claim Freddie Mercury had secret daughter divides fans and friends
The Guardian: Bob Geldof told Freddie Mercury ‘don’t get clever’ before 1985 Live Aid set
The Guardian: Freddie Mercury had secret daughter, new biography claims
The Guardian: Thank you Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor – how my 1990s teenage self found somebody to love
With their citation describing Mercury as "one of the most charismatic front figures in the history of music"
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The Guardian: My Family and Other Rock Stars by Tiffany Murray review – Freddie Mercury, David Bowie and my mum
The Guardian: Freddie Mercury piano sells for £1.74m in auction of singer’s belongings
The Guardian: Freddie Mercury’s clothes are the champions in Sotheby’s sale
The Guardian: Killer Queen sale: Freddie Mercury’s possessions go up for auction
The Guardian: I love a good auction. If only I could afford Freddie Mercury’s moustache comb … | Emma Beddington
The Guardian: Freddie Mercury’s collection of ‘splendid things’ up for auction
Snopes rated the claim “A photograph genuinely shows singers, Bono, Paul McCartney, and Freddy Mercury performing together at the Live Aid benefit concert in 1985.” True.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “A photograph genuinely shows singers, Bono, Paul McCartney, and Freddy Mercury performing together at the Live Aid benefit concert in 1985.” True.
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Rolling Stone ranked Mercury at No
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It won the International Emmy Award for Best Arts Programming
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Mercury's music video for "Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow" was nominated for Best Animation at the Berlin Music Video Awards
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Released album “Never Boring”.
Released album “Original Version • Single Version • Rarities”.
GQ called Mercury's yellow military jacket (created by British costume designer Diana Moseley) from his 1986 concerts his best known look, while CNN called it "an iconic moment in fashion
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Snopes.com rated the claim “A photograph shows Queen singer Freddie Mercury applying intricate face makeup.” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “A photograph shows Queen singer Freddie Mercury applying intricate face makeup.” False.
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Released album “Messenger of the Gods: The Singles”.
LA Weekly ranked him first on the list of 20 greatest singers of all time, in any genre
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To understand the appeal behind Mercury's voice
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And third on their 50 Greatest Rock Lead Singers of All Time list in 2023
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A newly discovered species of damselfly from Brazil was named Heteragrion freddiemercuryi, honouring the "superb and gifted musician and songwriter whose wonderful voice and talent still entertain millions" — one of four
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In Kerala, India, was named as a tribute because Mercury's "vibrant music inspires the authors"
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Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender, a documentary film on Mercury's attempts to forge a solo career, directed by Rhys Thomas, premiered on BBC One
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A Rolling Stone readers' pick placed Mercury in second place of the magazine's Best Lead Singers of All Time
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Google dedicated its Google Doodle to him
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A star commemorating Mercury was unveiled in Feltham, west London where his family moved upon arriving in England in 1964
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Rolling Stone ranked Mercury 18 on its Top 100 Singers Of All Time
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Released album “Lover of Life, Singer of Songs: The Very Best of Freddie Mercury Solo”.
And in 2018 they were presented the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
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Queen were awarded an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Song Collection from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors
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John Harris wrote, "Those who compile lists of Great Rock Frontmen and award the top spots to Mick Jagger, Robert Plant et al are guilty of a terrible oversight
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Fans from around the world have gathered in Switzerland annually to pay tribute to the singer as part of the "Freddie Mercury Montreux Memorial Day" on the first weekend of September
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Mercury was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame with the rest of Queen, and in 2005 all four band members were awarded an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Song Collection from the British Academy of
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Before it was auctioned off at the NEC in Birmingham in 2013 for £74,600
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Mercury was voted number 58 in the BBC's poll of the 100 Greatest Britons
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A parody of Mercury, along with prints of other British music icons consisting of the Beatles, Elton John, Spice Girls, and the Rolling Stones, appeared in the Eurostar national advertising campaign in France for the Par
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The Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003, and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2004
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And all four band members were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003
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Released album “The Solo Collection”.
Released album “Star Profile”.
Released album “The Video Collection”.
Released album “Queen / The Great Pretender”.
Released album “Mr. Bad Guy / Barcelona”.
A Royal Mail stamp with an image of Mercury on stage was issued in his honour as part of the UK postal service's Millennium Stamp series
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Released album “Romantic Ballads”.
The three remaining members of Queen released "No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)", a song dedicated to Mercury and all those that die too soon
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Released album “The Very Best”.
Released album “Remixes”.
A remix of "Living on My Own", a single from the album, posthumously reached number one on the UK singles chart
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Released album “The Freddie Mercury Album”.
A concert in tribute to him was held at Wembley Stadium, in benefit of AIDS awareness
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One American critic noted, "What cynics call the 'dead star' factor had come into play—Queen is in the middle of a major resurgence
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John Marshall of Gay Times opined: "[Mercury] was a 'scene-queen,' not afraid to publicly express his gayness, but unwilling to analyse or justify his 'lifestyle'
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Released ep “The Great Pretender”.
Died 1991-11-24.
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“(en) I'm just a musical prostitute, my dear.”
The day after publicly announcing his diagnosis, he died from complications of the disease at the age of 45
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“I hate pockets in trousers … By the way, I do not wear a hose. My hose is my own. No coke bottle, nothing stuffed down there.”
“Jimi Hendrix is very important. He's my idol. He sort of epitomizes, from his presentation on stage, the whole works of a rock star. There's no way you can compare him. You either have the magic or you don't. There's no way you can work up to it. There's nobody who can take his place.”
“Liza, in terms of sheer talent, just oozes with it. She has sheer energy and stamina, which she gets across the stage, and the way she delivers herself to the public is a good influence. There is a lot to learn from her”
“Led Zeppelin is the greatest. Robert Plant is one of the most original vocalists of our time. As a rock band they deserve the kind of success they're getting.”
“I would have loved to have been on the Band Aid record but I only heard about it when I was in Germany. I don’t know if they would have had me on the record anyway, because I’m a bit old. I’m just an old slag who gets up every morning, scratches his head and wonders what he wants to fuck.”
“I'm possessed by love — but isn't everybody? Most of my songs are love ballads and things to do with sadness and torture and pain. In terms of love, you're not in control and I hate that feeling. I seem to write a lot of sad songs because I'm a very tragic person. But there's always an element of humour at the end.”
“You can have everything in the world and still be the loneliest man. And that is the most bitter type of loneliness, success has brought me world idolisation and millions of pounds. But it's prevented me from having the one thing we all need: A loving, ongoing relationship.”
“Can you imagine how terrible it is when you've got everything and you're still desperately lonely? That is awful beyond words. I'm so powerful on stage that I seem to have created a monster. When I'm performing I'm an extrovert, yet inside I'm a completely different man.”
“This next song is only dedicated to beautiful people here tonight. That means all of you. Thank you for coming along... and making this a great occasion.”
“Opis: wspominając ostatnią sesję nagraniową Queen w 1991.”
“Statement to the press (23 November 1991), the day before his death, as quoted at The Biography Channel.”
“britischer Musiker und Sänger”
“eigentlich: Farrokh Bulsara”
“En términos de amor, no tienes el control y odio ese sentimiento. Parece que escribo muchas canciones tristes porque soy una persona muy trágica. Pero hay siempre un elemento de humor al final.”
“Me visto para matar, pero con buen gusto». [I dress to kill, but tastefully].”
“No puedo ganar. El amor es para mí la ruleta rusa. Nadie ama mi verdadero yo. Están enamorados de mi fama, de mi estrellato.”
“Ooooh... it's bliss. (da A Winter's Tale, ultima canzone scritta da Freddie Mercury)”
“It all began with the three wise men, followed a star took them to Bethelehem, and made it heard throughout the land — born was the leader of man. All going down to see the Lord Jesus.”
“(en) This next song is only dedicated to beautiful people here tonight. That means all of you. Thank you for coming along... and making this a great occasion.”
“Sono me stesso, sai, solo me stesso. Sono molto disorganizzato a volte, sono organizzato altre volte e... sono me stesso. (dal DVD Greatest Video Hits 2)”
“We’re confident people will take to us, because although the camp image has already been established by people like Bowie and Bolan we are taking it to another level. The concept of Queen is to be regal and majestic. Glamour is part of us and we want to be dandy. We want to shock and be outrageous instantly.”
“Guitare à la main, s'apprêtant à interpréter Crazy Little Thing Called Love.”
“Sono gay come una giunchiglia, mio caro.”
“I'm as gay as a daffodil, dear.”
“(en) Freddie Mercury was the famous one. He was the face of our band, the visual focus and the poor guy who had all the fame because he was a long-haired bisexually interesting face of our band.”
“Non ho mai pensato a me stesso come al leader dei Queen. È la somma di noi quattro che fa funzionare le cose. Ognuno di noi rappresenta il 25 per cento. Io sono quello che sta davanti, tutto qui. (cap. 2)”
“Pensavo al nome Queen fin dall'inizio. Non poteva essere King, non ha lo stesso suono o la stessa aura di Queen. Era un nome molto regale e suonava splendidamente. È forte, universale e immediato. Aveva un grande potenziale visivo ed era aperto ad ogni tipo di interpretazione. (cap. 2)”
“Tutti mi chiamano il leader dei Queen, ma io sono solo il cantante solista. Non sono il Generale, o qualcosa del genere. (cap. 3)”
“Non mi sono sforzato di diventare un "eroe della chitarra" per il semplice fatto che non so suonare questa fottuta chitarra! (cap. 5)”
And the other Queen members received the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music
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Lived with Mercury for the last seven years of his life, nursed him during his illness, and was present at his bedside when he died
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Hutton, who tested HIV-positive in 1990, lived with Mercury for the last seven years of his life, nursed him during his illness, and was present at his bedside when he died.
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With their health failing, Mercury and Everett were reconciled; Everett died from AIDS-related illness just over three years after Mercury
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Released album “Barcelona”.
Released album “Zabou”.
Mercury celebrated his 41st birthday at the Pikes Hotel, Ibiza, Spain, several months after discovering that he had contracted HIV
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“Queen: Live at Wembley" (1986), shortly before performing "Who Wants To Live Forever.”
Released ep “Video EP”.
Commented "Freddie was a once-in-a-lifetime showman"
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Mercury recorded two songs for Dave Clark's West End sci-fi musical Time
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Queen also played behind the Iron Curtain when they performed to a crowd of 80,000 in Budapest, in what was one of the biggest rock concerts ever held in Eastern Europe
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Mercury wore a gold wedding band, given to him by Hutton in 1986, until the end of his life.
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Released album “Mr. Bad Guy”.
“On his relationship with Mary Austin, as quoted in "Rock On Freddie" (1985).”
“I am the Champion" by Nick Ferrari in The Sun (19 July 1985).”
Mercury also lived temporarily at Kirchberger's apartment and thanked him "for board and lodging" in the liner notes of his 1985 album Mr.
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“Was ich in zehn Jahren machen werde? Da werde ich wahrscheinlich tot sein." - POPCORN 2/1985”
“Sono solo una prostituta musicale! (da un'intervista del 1984; citato in Greatest video hits II, DVD 2)”
It debuted at the number 10 position in the UK singles chart
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“Live at Milton Keynes Bowl (5 June 1982).”
“The Man Who Would Be Queen" in Melody Maker (2 May 1981).”
If rock stars should use their power to try to shape the world for the better, Mercury responded, "Leave that to the politicians
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From 1979 to 1985, while living in Munich, Mercury was friends with Austrian actress Barbara Valentin, who is featured in the video for "It's a Hard Life", and initially lived together with her and her daughter before moving into his own apartment.
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“On Mary Austin, a long time companion, and the inheritor of most of his estate, as quoted in "For A Song : The Mercury that's rising in rock is Freddie the satiny seductor of Queen" by Fred Hauptfuhrer, in People magazine (5 December 1977)”
Following an affair with the wife of a friend, and shared parental responsibilities with the child's mother and her husband
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In December 1976, Mercury told Austin of his sexuality, which ended their romantic relationship.
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Went to see the film version, both of which starred Tim Curry
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Mercury visited Everett, bringing with him an advance copy of the single "Bohemian Rhapsody"
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When he invited the singer onto his Capital London breakfast show
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“On himself, as quoted in Interview by Julie Webb for New Musical Express (12 March 1974); he is often reported to have said "I'm as gay as a daffodil, my dear!" but it does not appear in that form in the article.”
“On Queen, in "Standing Up For Queen" (28 July 1973).”
Studied at Ealing Art College (1966–1969).
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In 1969, a year before Queen had formed, Mercury met Mary Austin through Brian May.
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Joined Liverpool-based band Ibex, later renamed Wreckage, which played "very Hendrix-style, heavy blues"
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A year before Queen had formed, Mercury met Mary Austin through Brian May
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His family fled the Zanzibar Revolution, moving to Middlesex, England
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At the age of eight, Mercury was sent to study at St
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Born 1946-09-05.
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In Zanzibar to Indian parents from the Parsi community, Mercury attended British boarding schools in India from the age of eight and returned to Zanzibar after secondary school
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Jimi Hendrix is very important. He's my idol. He sort of epitomizes, from his presentation on stage, the whole works of a rock star. There's no way you can compare him. You either have the magic or you don't. There's no way you can work up to it. There's nobody who can take his place.
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