Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury
Mercury in 1977
Born	Farrokh Bulsara (1946-09-05)5 September 1946 Stone Town, Sultanate of Zanzibar
Died	24 November 1991(1991-11-24) (aged 45) Kensington, London, England
Cause of death	Complications from derivates HIV/AIDS
Nationality	British
Other names	Freddie Bulsara Larry Lurex[1]
Education	St. Peter's School, Panchgani
Alma mater	Isleworth Polytechnic College Ealing Art College
Occupations	Singer songwriter record producer
Years active	1965–1991
Partners	Mary Austin (1970–1976) Jim Hutton (1985–1991)
Parents	Bomi Bulsara (1908–2003) Jer Bulsara (1922–2016)
Musical career
Genres	Rock
Instruments	Vocals keyboards
Labels	Columbia Polydor EMI Parlophone Hollywood
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Farrokh Bulsara (5 September 1946^[2] – 24 November 1991),^[3] better known as Freddie Mercury, was a British singer, songwriter, record producer, and lead singer of the rock band Queen.^[4][5][6][7] Regarded as one of the greatest singers in popular music history, he was known for his flamboyant stage persona and four-octave vocal range. Mercury wrote numerous hits for Queen, including "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Killer Queen", "Somebody to Love", "Don't Stop Me Now", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", and "We Are the Champions". He led a solo career while performing with Queen, and occasionally served as a producer and guest musician for other artists.

He formed Queen in 1970 with guitarist Brian May, and drummer Roger Taylor. Bass guitarist John Deacon joined in 1971. Mercury died in 1991 at age 45 due to complications from AIDS, having confirmed the day before his death that he had the disease. In 1992, Mercury was posthumously awarded the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music, and a tribute concert was held at Wembley Stadium, London. As a member of Queen, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001, the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003, and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2004. In 2002, he was placed number 58 in the BBC's 2002 poll of the 100 Greatest Britons. He is consistently voted one of the greatest singers in the history of popular music.

1. ↑ Runtagh, Jordan (23 November 2016). "Freddie Mercury: 10 Things You Didn't Know Queen Singer Did". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 23 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
2. ↑ Cite error: The named reference BBC was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
3. ↑ O'Donnell, Jim (1991). "THE END OF QUEEN: BRIAN MAY ON THE DEATH OF FREDDIE MERCURY". The Rock and Roll Journal. Archived from the original on 2010-10-26. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
4. ↑ Bhatia, Shekhar (2011-10-16). "Freddie Mercury's family tell of singer's pride in his Asian heritage". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
5. ↑ "I often think about Freddie Mercury's formative years in India: Rami Malek". The Week. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
6. ↑ "Celebrating Freddie Mercury's Indian heritage". BBC News. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
7. ↑ September 5, India Today Web Desk; September 15, 2016UPDATED; Ist, 2018 19:43. "5 things you didn't know about Freddie Mercury's Indian connect". India Today. Retrieved 2019-08-20. {{cite web}}: |first3= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)