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- NAME: Freddie Mercury
- OCCUPATION: Songwriter, Singer
- BIRTH DATE: September 05, 1946
- DEATH DATE: November 24, 1991
- EDUCATION: Ealing College of Art
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Zanzibar, Tanzania
- PLACE OF DEATH: London, United Kingdom
- Full Name: Farookh Bulsara
- AKA: Freddie Mercury
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Freddie Mercury is best known as the rock worlds most versatile and engaging performers and for his mock operatic masterpiece, Bohemian Rhapsody.
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Lesley-Ann Jones, author of "Mercury," describes Freddie Mercury's personality both on and off stage, as well as his legacy as a musician and the lead singer of Queen. Video courtesy of Simon & Schuster © 2012.
Freddie Mercury - Full Biography
Born in Zanzibar to Indian parents, Queen frontman Freddie Mercury became a rock legend with songs like "Bohemian Rhapsody." Queen's album sales rival the Beatles, with Mercury's four octave range contributing to the band's success.
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A diverse range of rock acts—from Def Leppard to Elton John—performed to celebrate Mercury and advance the fight against the disease that took his life. That same year, Mercury’s mock operatic masterpiece, “Bohemian Rhapsody” made a return to the pop charts, illustrating its timeless appeal.
Before his death, Mercury had done some work in the studio with Queen. These efforts were released in 1995 on Made In Heaven,
the group’s last album with all the original members. Gone but clearly not forgotten, this collection of Mercury’s final performances reached the top of the British charts. In 2001, Mercury and rest of the band received special recognition for their contributions to American music history when they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Learn more about Mercury: An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury by Lesley-Anne Jones.
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