Freddie Mercury: Gone But Never Forgotten
Twenty nine years ago Freddie Mercury passed away, today we look back on the flamboyant entertainer's life.
Sadly, it was on this day back in 1991 that Queen's iconic front man, Freddie Mercury, passed away at the age of forty five. The very definition of a showman, Mercury could not win his battle against Bronchopneumonia. He passed away at his Kensington home, with Dave Clark by his side.
Freddie Mercury at Live Aid / Photo Credit: PA Images
Mercury had not really been seen in public for more than a year before his death, and even then he had looked weak and pale. It was not the way he would have wanted to be remembered and neither should it be. Mercury's contribution to the world of music cannot be under estimated. He and his band Queen changed the face of British Rock and Pop and took performance to another level.
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