Freddie Mercury: 23 years from the day the Queen’s voice “shut” – The last 24 hours

He is considered one of the greatest and most gifted singers of all time. He became famous as a singer, composer and pianist of the British rock band. He was born in Zanzibar and his real name was Faroh Bulsara. Freddie Mercury became the Queen’s singer in 1970. In October 1986, the British press reported that Mercury performed blood tests for HIV/AIDS at Harley Street clinic. British newspaper reporter The Sun, Hugh Whiterow, asked Mercury at Heathrow Airport, as he returned from a trip to Japan. At that time, Mercury denied suffering from the disease. According to his partner, Jim Hutton, Mercury was diagnosed with AIDS in late April 1987. On November 23, 1991 the singer made an announcement to the press, who had camped outside his home in Kensington, London, that he was suffering from AIDS. One day later he died at his house. All the time his parents and Mary Austin (formerly his partner) were close to him. However, on a daily 24-hour basis with him was his six-year companion, Jim Hatton, Peter Freestone (his personal secretary and close friend) and Joe Fanelli (his former lover and chef). In 1991, the year he left life, he sang his swan song, The Show Must Go On.