Today marks 31 years since the death of one of music’s most-loved icons.
Freddie Mercury - born Farrokh Bulsara in the now-defunct state of Zanzibar - died on November 24, 1991, due to complications from AIDS. Just over three decades later, his voice and legacy are still revered in British culture.
A recording of the Queen frontman interacting with a Wembley crowd played at the 2012 Olympic opening ceremony, his life was the subject of the 2018 film Bohemian Rhapsody, and football clubs across the country still belt out We Are the Champions whenever they clinch a league title.
