Read Freddie Mercury’s Heartbreaking Announcement of His Diagnosis With HIV/AIDS, Released on This Date in 1991, Just a Day Before the Queen Frontman Died Story by Eli Wizevich • 3mo ...

Freddie Mercury was never going to exit the stage without one last flourish, none more so evident in the story behind his farewell song, 'The Show Must Go On'.

He passed on in 1991 after health struggles and complications of AIDS. Watch the video above to remember the life and unfortunate passing of the one-of-a-kind performer that was Freddie Mercury.

Freddie Mercury (né Farrokh Bulsara ... Mercury died from complications of AIDS in 1991. He was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001, the Songwriters Hall of Fame ...

As a modest May mused years later: “The rest of us played okay, but Freddie was out there and took ... death is so focal in the history of HIV/AIDS, Mercury remains undefined by it.

Having suffered greatly without the collaboration of Queen, Freddie manages to reunite with his bandmates just in time for Live Aid. While bravely facing a recent AIDS diagnosis, Freddie leads the ...