Freddie mercury's biography

• Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991)
• was a British singer, songwriter and record producer, known as the lead vocalist and co-principal songwriter of the rock band Queen.
• Mercury wrote and composed numerous hits for Queen (including "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Killer Queen", "Somebody to Love", "Don't Stop Me Now", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", and "We Are the Champions")
•  occasionally served as a producer and guest musician (piano or vocals) for other artists; and concurrently led a solo career while performing with Queen.
• In 1992 Mercury was posthumously awarded the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music, and had a tribute concert held at Wembley Stadium, London
• Mercury spent most of his childhood in India and began taking piano lessons at the age of seven.^[15] In 1954, at the age of eight, Mercury was sent to study at St. Peter's School, a British-style boarding school for boys, in Panchgani near Bombay (now Mumbai).
• In April 1970 Mercury joined guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor who had previously been in a band called Smile. In 1971 they found their bass player John Deacon who was to stay with the band until 1997. 
•  Mercury died in 1991 at age 45 due to complications from AIDS, having confirmed the day before his death that he had contracted the disease.