Freddie Mercury born Farrokh Bulsara on the 5th September, 1946 in Zanzibar. He was a British musician best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Queen. His parents’ names were Bomi and Jer Bulsara and he had a sister named Kashmira. At the age of eight, Freddie was sent to study at St. Peter Boarding School in India and it was there that he gave his first steps in music, having piano lessons. At school, he formed a popular school band, The Hectics, for which he played the piano.
In 1962, Freddie finished school and moved to England where he graduated in Graphic and Artistic Design in the Ealing Art College.
When he was twenty-four years old he became the lead singer of Queen, changed his name to Mercury and met Mary Austin, with whom he lived for five years. It was with her that he assumed that he was bisexual.
In addition to his work with Queen, he led a solo career. He composed many hits and the best known are We are the Champions, I Want to Break Free and Bohemian Rhapsody.
In 1991, there were rumors that Mercury was contaminated with AIDS, which was confirmed in a statement made by him on the 23rd November. He died on the 24th November in his own home.
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