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Privacy NoticeFreddie Mercury tragically died from illness associated with Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in 1991 at just 45 years old. Queen frontman Freddie chose to keep his illness under wraps, only revealing his diagnosis a day before his untimely death. Bandmate Brian May, who’s back on TV in a quest to save our badgers with Brian May: The Badgers, The Farmers And Me, shared some heart-wrenching details about the severity of Freddie’s battle with AIDS. In an interview with The Sunday Times magazine, he shockingly revealed that Freddie’s fight with the disease had resulted in the loss of his foot. “The problem was actually his foot – and, tragically there was very little left of it,” he disclosed. Brian recalled a dinner where Freddie showed them his foot, apologising for upsetting them. Brian responded, “Once, he showed it to us at dinner. And he said: ‘Oh Brian, I’m sorry I’ve upset you by showing you that’. And I said, ‘I’m not upset, Freddie, except to realise that you have to put up with so much terrible pain’.” Sign up to OK!’s TV newsletter to get updates sent to your inbox for free Brian went on to share that Freddie initially didn’t want to discuss his condition with his bandmates. He said, “Of course we all knew [he had AIDS], but we didn’t want to.
Freddie Mercury was just 45 when he sadly passed away
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“He said, ‘You probably gather that I’m dealing with this thing and I don’t want to talk about it and I don’t want our lives to change, but that’s the situation.’ And then he would move on.” Freddie’s struggle with AIDS began when he contracted the disease in 1987. At the time of his diagnosis, the life-changing drug AZT was not available to sufferers.
Brian and Freddie were good friends
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However, the medication became available just a few months after the singer’s passing. Brian revealed: “He missed it by just a few months. If it had been just a bit later he would still be with us, I’m sure. But you can’t go there because therein lies madness”. In Brian’s new TV show, viewers find out more about him being an outspoken critic of badger culling. And we’ll find out what happens when he tries to persuade the farming community that badgers aren’t responsible for disease in their cattle. Brian May: The Badgers, The Farmers And Me is on BBC2 on Friday, 23 August, at 9pmStory SavedYou can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.Follow OK! MagazineFacebookTwitterCommentMore OnNostalgia
