By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-25 01:30:44 | Updated at 2024-11-25 03:29:03
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Anniversary of Freddie Mercury’s death: A look at the Kensington home where he died and his lasting legacy
National World ^ | 11.24.2024 | Marina Licht
Posted on 11/24/2024 5:24:39 PM PST by Recovering_Democrat
Freddie Mercury passed away at the age of 45 at his home in London’s Kensington on the evening of November 24, 1991.
Freddie Mercury’s cause of death was bronchial pneumonia resulting from AIDS....
In March of this year, I reported that Freddie Mercury’s Kensington home in London was for sale for excess of £30 million.The house was designed in the Neo-Georgian style in 1907 by architect Ernest Marshall for married artists Cecil Rea and Constance Halford...
When he passed away in 1991, Freddie left Garden Lodge to his friend and confidante, Mary Austin. Mary said of the house that “This house has been the most glorious memory box, because it has such love and warmth in every room. It has been a joy to live in and I have many wonderful memories here. Now that it is empty, I’m transported back to the first time we viewed it. Ever since Freddie and I stepped through the fabled green door, it has been a place of peace, a true artist’s house, and now is the time to entrust that sense of peace to the next person.”
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KEYWORDS: music; obituary; queen
Guy was a gifted singer and artist. If he had been willing and able to control his mind and body, he might still be with us.
Sad.
To: Recovering_Democrat
2 posted on 11/24/2024 5:28:11 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
To: Recovering_Democrat
Honestly never really liked his voice. Like Dennis De Young of Styx, just too theatrical for me.
To: Bruce Campbells Chin
Hated Styx, loved Queen. You’re right that his voice was theatrical, but he was one of a kind.
4 posted on 11/24/2024 5:30:05 PM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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