Freddie Mercury Dies: Rock's Greatest Voice Silenced
Freddie Mercury was born Farrokh Bulsara in Zanzibar, moved to England as a teenager, and became the most theatrical rock vocalist of his generation. Bohemian Rhapsody took three weeks to record, used 180 overdubs, and was nearly not released as a single because it was six minutes long with no chorus. Radio DJs played it anyway. It went to number one. He died in November 1991 at 45, one day after publicly acknowledging he had AIDS.
November 24, 1991
35 years ago
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