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Freddie Mercury

1946 – 1991 · died at about 45^[1][2]

Music

Fun Facts About Freddie Mercury

• Freddie Mercury was born with four extra incisors, to which some have attributed his enhanced vocal range.^[1]
• Before Queen, Mercury worked as a baggage handler at Heathrow Airport and sold second-hand clothes in Kensington Market with future bandmate Roger Taylor.^[1]
• A graphic design graduate, Mercury designed the Queen crest, which combines the band members' zodiac signs: two lions, a crab, and two fairies.^[1]
• Mercury recorded several tracks with Michael Jackson between 1981 and 1983, including a demo of "State of Shock", but none were officially released at the time.^[1][3][4]
• Mercury collected stamps as a boy, and his stamp album is now displayed at the Postal Museum in London.^[1]
• Mercury cared for at least ten cats and wrote a song for Delilah, his favorite cat of all, which appeared on Queen's album Innuendo.^[1]
• Freddie Mercury was alive at the same time as Max Planck — their lives overlapped for 1 year (1946–1947).^[1][2][5][6]
• Freddie Mercury shares a birthday with Louis XIV: both were born on September 5.^[1][2][7][8]

Freddie Mercury was a British singer and songwriter who achieved global fame as the lead vocalist and pianist of the rock band Queen. Regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of rock music, he is known for his flamboyant stage persona and four-octave vocal range. Mercury defied the conventions of a rock frontman with his theatrical style, influencing the artistic direction of Queen.^[1]

Contemporaries

Bob Hope

45 yr overlap

Dorothy Hodgkin

45 yr overlap

Mother Teresa

45 yr overlap

Akira Kurosawa

45 yr overlap

Jacques Cousteau

45 yr overlap

Rosa Parks

45 yr overlap

Ingmar Bergman

45 yr overlap

Frank Sinatra

45 yr overlap

Ella Fitzgerald

45 yr overlap

Nelson Mandela

45 yr overlap

Edmund Hillary

45 yr overlap

Stan Lee

45 yr overlap

Their World

Questions About Freddie Mercury

When was Freddie Mercury born?

Freddie Mercury was born on September 5, 1946, and died on November 24, 1991.

How old was Freddie Mercury at death?

Freddie Mercury was born on September 5, 1946, and died on November 24, 1991, at age 45.

What was Freddie Mercury known for?

Freddie Mercury was known for: Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody. Freddie Mercury was a British singer and songwriter who achieved global fame as the lead vocalist and pianist of the rock band Queen. Regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of rock music, he is known for his flamboyant stage persona and four-octave vocal range. Mercury defied the conventions of a rock frontman with his theatrical style, influencing the artistic direction of Queen.

Who was alive at the same time as Freddie Mercury?

Freddie Mercury's closest contemporary was Bob Hope. Their lives overlapped for 45 years.