Royale vocal power - The 20th Death of Freddie Mercury

[Nada Jung]

 

Freddie Mercury was with his charisma and his three and a half-octave voice of every audience cast its spell. On 24 November 1991 he died of AIDS.

 

 

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Unforgettable: In Berlin stands Freddie Mercury as a wax figure at 'Madame Tussauds'.

 

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In Tokyo, the exhibition "Queen Forever" reminds at the 20th Death of singer Freddie Mercury.

 

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On 5 September 1946, he was born in Zanzibar as Farrokh Bulsara.

 

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In 1970 founded the British rock band Queen (here 1989). Their front man: the charismatic and strong-voiced Freddie Mercury.

 

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He was a brilliant composer, a singer with a three and a half octave voice and entertainer, who moved every audience in its spell.

 

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Mercury loved the production - the eccentric, the better.

 

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He is considered one of the most significant rock singers of the 1970s and 80s.

 

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Already in the 1970s, Freddie Mercury was outed as bisexual. Wild parties with sex, alcohol, drugs and lots of rock 'n' roll were then announced.

 

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1987 Mercury already tested positive for HIV. Until shortly before his death in 1991, nothing came of it officially to the public.

 

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He died on 24 November 1991 at the age of 45 years in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

 

 

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