Go inside Freddie Mercury's relationship with Mary Austin, the woman who inspired Queen's song "Love of My Life."
Dig Deeper Regular People Who Met Freddie Mercury Describe What He Was Like And Deeper Secrets Behind Freddie Mercury's Wardrobe Also ranks #1 on The 250+ Best Singers Of All Time, Ranked 13 Roy Orbison 918 votes Initially finding success as the frontman for The Teen Kings, t...
As the first major rock star to die from AIDS, Freddie Mercury has become an historical figure in the medical advancement of the autoimmune disease that claimed the lives of many in the 1980s. The flamboyant Queen frontman wowed audiences with his wide genre of musical stylings and has remain...
Mary Austinmay have been quite different from the flamboyant frontman ofQueen, but she was one of the most important people in his life. The softly-spoken working-class girl was brought up by her deaf parents, and remained byFreddie Mercury's sideuntil his death in 1991. Queen: John Deacon...
In a publicity quote printed in Hardee's autobiography I Stole Freddie Mercury's Birthday Cake, Arthur Smith wrote that Hardee had "led his life as though for the perfect autobiography and now he has paid himself the compliment of writing it." Birthplace: London, England Maurice E. Crumpacker...
Queen frontman Freddie Mercury started life in Zanzibar as Farrokh Bulsara and grew up going to boarding schools in India. His musical legacy as part of Queen includes the '70s arena rock anthems "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions." The eccentric singer passed away tragically from...