Late Queen icon, Freddie Mercury was the subject of discussion during as Queen bandmate Roger Taylor discussed what his experiences were with Mercury were late in life, as his diseased progressed in a new interview with the British-based outlet, Express.co.uk. Freddie Mercury ‘held hands’ with big name on deathbed.
“The one thing he wanted to do was keep on working in the studio,” Taylor said. “He was absolutely determined to keep the group going and to keep working. And that actually kept him going for a long time.”
Freddie Mercury ‘terrified’ Elton John in bedroom with AIDS. Taylor continued: “It was hard but we were trying to support him through it. And he was incredibly brave at that time. He knew and we all knew, at that time, but the best thing is just to get on with life and do it. We knew intuitively something was going on but it wasn’t talked about. He didn’t officially tell us until just over a few months before he went. But certainly he knew for five years or so,” the guitarist added. “He was living under the shadow for a very, very long time.”
Taylor concluded by saying Freddie didn’t want to be remembered for being the persona he was on the stage: “He wasn’t the kind of persona that he put over on stage because he was an entertainer.”
In other news regarding Freddie and Mercury and Queen, the group’s landmark album ‘A Night at the Opera’ recently turned forty-four years old and fans took to social media to reflect on the album’s legacy and impact.
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You can read the rest of the interview HERE.