Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury and Elton John was the dearest of friends, and Elton recalled the time he felt Freddie's sheer kindness and generosity even when he was ...

I was one of the few people that did, and I couldn't stay long, usually for an hour at a time." It was quite a choker." Freddie evidently wanted the people close to him to know that he was thinking about them, even until his dying day. "He was still spending money and buying things at auction, even up until the point that he died" Elton gushes with a smile on his face, "which I thought was hilarious!" "The most poignant thing I can say about Freddie, is that when he was sick and he was dying, I used to go round and see him. [Remembering Freddie Mercury's brave public statement just 24 hours before his death](/artists/freddie-mercury/final-statement-death-1991/) [Freddie Mercury and Mary Austin: The insider's tale of their lifelong love story](/artists/freddie-mercury/mary-austin-relationship-love-story/) [Brian May opens up about Freddie Mercury's death: “Losing him was like losing a brother"](/artists/queen/brian-may-interview-freddie-death/)