Farrokh Bulsara (Freddie Mercury)
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Farrokh Bulsara (Freddie Mercury) 🇹🇿

Farrokh Bulsara (Known as "The Showman of Rock / Voice of Bohemian Rhapsody")
Rock Singer, Songwriter, Pianist, Flamboyant Frontman of Queen
Born 5 September 1946 🇹🇿 Stone Town, Tanzania
Passed Away 24 November 1991 Kensington (London), United Kingdom
Lifespan 45 years old
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"I won't be a rock star. I will be a legend! The show must go on. Inside my heart is breaking, my make-up may be flaking, but my smile still stays on."

Archival Overview

Electrifying frontman of Queen whose extraordinary four-octave operatic vocal range, theatrical charisma, and epochal masterpiece Bohemian Rhapsody culminated in the greatest live performance in rock history at Live Aid 1985.

Biographical Record

Farrokh Bulsara (1946–1991), born into a Parsi Zoroastrian family in the Sultanate of Zanzibar, fled with his family to London in 1964 following the Zanzibar Revolution. Co-founding the rock band Queen in 1970, Mercury adopted his mythical surname and brought operatic grandeur, multi-layered vocal harmonies, and glam theatricality into rock music.

In 1975, Mercury composed Bohemian Rhapsody, defying record labels who insisted a six-minute operatic-rock suite would never get radio airplay; it became one of the best-selling singles of all time. On 13 July 1985 at London's Wembley Stadium for Live Aid, before 72,000 spectators and 1.9 billion television viewers worldwide, Mercury led Queen in a 21-minute performance universally acclaimed as the greatest single live rock performance ever given.

Key Life Milestones

31 October 1975 CE

Release of Bohemian Rhapsody

Released the revolutionary six-minute operatic rock masterpiece, staying at UK No. 1 for nine weeks.

13 July 1985 CE

Legendary 21-Minute Live Aid Performance at Wembley

Delivered the performance of a lifetime at Live Aid, universally voted the greatest live concert in rock history.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Kensal Green Cemetery (Cremated; Memorial Plaque / Montreux Lakeside Statue)
Kensington (London), United Kingdom
GPS: 46.4311, 6.9108
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