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From 1979 to 1985, while living in Munich, Mercury was friends with Austrian actress Barbara Valentin, who is featured in the video for " It's a Hard Life", and initially lived together with her and her daughter before moving into his own apartment. [97] [98] In Munich, Mercury was able to escape the media spotlight, lived out his sexuality, drifted in the local gay scene, and had an intense love relationship with German restaurateur Winfried "Winnie" Kirchberger. [97] [99] [100] Mercury also lived temporarily at Kirchberger's apartment [101] and thanked him "for board and lodging" in the liner notes of his 1985 album Mr. Bad Guy. [102] He wore a silver wedding band given to him by Kirchberger. [103] A close friend described him as Mercury's "great love" in Germany. [104] Lights! Action! Sound! It's That Crazy Little Thing Called Queen". Queenonline.com. 1980. Archived from the original on 26 April 2011 . Retrieved 27 September 2014. Sechs Jahre hat Freddie Mercury in München gelebt - eine Spurensuche[ Freddie Mercury lived in Munich for six years - a search for clues] (in German). Bayerischer Rundfunk. 4 October 2021 . Retrieved 25 October 2023. Queen Press Release – No One But You". Queenarchives.com. 1997. Archived from the original on 28 November 2010 . Retrieved 27 September 2014.
Mercury and his inner circle of colleagues and friends continually denied the stories. It has been suggested that Mercury could have helped AIDS awareness by speaking earlier about his illness. [53] [152] Mercury kept his condition private to protect those closest to him; May later confirmed that Mercury had informed the band of his illness much earlier. [153] [154] Filmed in May 1991, the music video for " These Are the Days of Our Lives" features a very thin Mercury in his final scenes in front of the camera. [155] Director of the video Rudi Dolezal comments, "AIDS was never a topic. We never discussed it. He didn't want to talk about it. Most of the people didn't even 100 percent know if he had it, apart from the band and a few people in the inner circle. He always said, 'I don't want to put any burden on other people by telling them my tragedy. '" [156] The rest of the band were ready to record when Mercury felt able to come into the studio, for an hour or two at a time. May said of Mercury: "He just kept saying. 'Write me more. Write me stuff. I want to just sing this and do it and when I am gone you can finish it off.' He had no fear, really." [146] Justin Shirley-Smith, the assistant engineer for those last sessions, said: "This is hard to explain to people, but it wasn't sad, it was very happy. He [Freddie] was one of the funniest people I ever encountered. I was laughing most of the time, with him. Freddie was saying [of his illness] 'I'm not going to think about it, I'm going to do this. '" [146] Mercury, Freddie; Brooks, Greg; Lupton, Simon (2006), Freddie Mercury: A life, In His Own Words, London: Mercury Songs, ISBN 978-0-9553758-0-4 .Bret, David (1996), Living On the Edge: The Freddie Mercury Story, London: Robson Books, ISBN 978-1-86105-256-8 Mercury was diagnosed with AIDS in 1987. He continued to record with Queen, and posthumously featured on their final album, Made in Heaven (1995). In 1991, the day after announcing his diagnosis, he died from complications of the disease at the age of 45. In 1992, a concert in tribute to him was held at Wembley Stadium, in benefit of AIDS awareness. His career with Queen was dramatised in the 2018 biopic Bohemian Rhapsody. Bohemian Rhapsody and Green Book defy odds at Golden Globes 2019 – as it happened". The Guardian. 7 January 2019 . Retrieved 18 March 2019.
Urban Myths: The Sex Pistols vs Bill Grundy, review". The Telegraph. 15 June 2018. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. While some commentators said Mercury hid his sexual orientation from the public, [21] [38] [113] others said he was "openly gay". [114] [115] In December 1974, when asked directly, "So how about being bent?" by the New Musical Express, Mercury replied, "You're a crafty cow. Let's put it this way: there were times when I was young and green. It's a thing schoolboys go through. I've had my share of schoolboy pranks. I'm not going to elaborate further." [116] Homosexual acts between adult males over the age of 21 had been decriminalised in the United Kingdom in 1967, seven years earlier. During public events in the 1980s, Mercury often kept a distance from his partner, Jim Hutton. [117]Thomas, Holly (6 November 2018). "33 years later, Queen's Live Aid performance is still pure magic". CNN . Retrieved 18 November 2018. Nankervis, Troy (20 November 2016). "Channel 5's Freddie Mercury doco-drama blasted for 'wooden' acting by fans". Metro. Archived from the original on 22 November 2016 . Retrieved 22 November 2016. Freddie Mercury (real name Farrokh Bulsara) Biography". Inout Star. Archived from the original on 10 August 2011 . Retrieved 11 July 2010.
Blistein, Jon (10 January 2018). "Queen, Tina Turner to Receive Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018 . Retrieved 8 March 2018. a b c d "Inside the studio where Freddie Mercury sang his last song". The Telegraph. 25 October 2015. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022.a b Yates, Henry (23 February 2018). "Bob Harris on Marc Bolan, David Bowie, Queen, Robert Plant and more..." Louder Sound. Future plc . Retrieved 27 June 2020. Mercury's two full albums outside the band were Mr. Bad Guy (1985) and Barcelona (1988). [2] His first album, Mr. Bad Guy, debuted in the top ten of the UK Album Charts. [74] In 1993, a remix of " Living on My Own", a single from the album, posthumously reached number one on the UK Singles Charts. The song also garnered Mercury a posthumous Ivor Novello Award from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors. [76] AllMusic critic Eduardo Rivadavia describes Mr. Bad Guy as "outstanding from start to finish" and expressed his view that Mercury "did a commendable job of stretching into uncharted territory". [77] a b Teeman, Tim (7 September 2006), "I Couldn't Bear to See Freddie Wasting Away", The Times, London , retrieved 2 May 2010 O'Donnell, Jim (2013). Queen Magic: Freddie Mercury Tribute and Brian May Interview. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1491235393
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