Mercury died on the evening of 24 November 1991 at the age of 45, at his home in Kensington, London, leaving the entire music world astonished and sad. The "Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness" on 20 April 1992 at London's Wembley Stadium, was one of the biggest live events broadcasted worldwide in rock history,

Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara) was the lead singer and frontman of Queen until the year of his death, in 1991; he also chose the name "Queen" for the band, despite other member's reservations. Freddy Mercury was famous for his live performances and for his vocal abilities with an extension equal to three octaves without the use of falsetto. Queen is still nowadays one of the most famous bands in the world and this is also surely thanks to extraordinary capability and charisma of Freddie Mercury. In the 80s Mercury in addition to the work with Queen, began a solo career with the issue of two studio albums.