Bright photo moments in the life of Freddie Mercury

• Vibrant photo-moments in the life of Freddie Mercury

23 November 1991 Freddie Mercury made an official statement that he has AIDS. The next day, the legendary musician died of bronchial pneumonia, which developed on the background. Today we remember the life of the great Freddie in photos.

Freddy on his fourth birthday in Zanzibar in the prayer cap and the traditional wreath.

On the way to the Fire Temple to celebrate the birthday. Usually, the family went there by taxi, but his mother Jer says that on that day she wanted to in memory of her son remained rickshaw ride.

With seven years of Freddie attended school St. Peter in Panchgani, India. He even received the award "Best Student".

Freddie studied at Ealing Art College with Peter Townsend and Ronnie Wood. It was here that he began to think about how to make a career in the music world. he joined the group "Ibex" In the last year of study. In this photo he is resting with the other members of the group in Kensington.

Photo shoot for the band "Queen" Freddy apartment in Holland Park.

Freddy during a photo shoot in Primrose Hill at Sevres London in September 1974.

Freddie with parents Bomi and Jer Bulsara during their visit to his apartment in Kensington.

Freddie backstage concert in London in November 1974.

These photos made guitarist "Queen" Brian May on the stereo camera. "I almost always carried with him the camera - says Mei. - These photos can be viewed in the "magic eye". The result is a fully believable 3D image. "

"duck house" on the edge of Lake Geneva in Switzerland has become a refuge from the paparazzi Freddie at the end of his career. Here he wrote his last song with "Queen" and wrote the last song "A Winter's Tale".

Concert in red leather pants and cult dressings.

Concert in New York as part of the tour, "Night at the Opera." Freddie loved this town for a while, when renting an apartment here. He told his friends that it was in New York can feel the "ordinary man".

In the United Kingdom concert in the tour, "Night at the Opera."

39th birthday Freddie in Munich, Germany. He invited close friends for a holiday masquerade, and then took a couple of videos with this festival for the video of his solo single "Living on my own". However, while his record company banned the screening of the movie. The full version of the world saw only a re-entry of the track in 1993. This is - one of the images from the event.

Work on the first solo album "Mr. Bad Guy "in Munich.

All the photos in this post were taken from the book "Freddie Mercury The Great Pretender".

Mom Freddie Mercury, which is already 89 years old, with a book in which all these photos were published, including those that have never been published.