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Freddie Mercury was born Farrokh Bulsara on September 5, 1946, in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Farrokh Bulsara was his real name.
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He spent time in a boarding school in Bombay (now Mumbai), India, where he studied piano.
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Moving to London with his family in the 1960s, Mercury attended the Ealing College of Art.
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In 1969, Mercury joined a group called Ibex as their lead singer.
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queen was started in 1907.
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He played with a few other bands before joining forces with Taylor and May. They met up with bassist John Deacon in 1971, and the quartet which Mercury dubbed Queen played their first gig together that June.
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Mercury wrote the song "Bohemian Rhapsody," a six-minute rock operetta, for the album. Overdubbing his voice, Mercury showed off his impressive four-octave vocal range on this innovative track.
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queen was at live aid. and live aid was on July 13, 1985 at Wembley Stadium in London.
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Queen played their last live concert with Freddie Mercury at the Knebworth Park Festival in England. that was his last performance before he died.
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Freddie mercury died because of aids he died on November 24, 1991 .