Treatment. Treatment of HLH depends on the cause, your age when the disease starts, and how severe the disease is. The acquired form of HLH may clear up when your health care provider identifies the cause and treats the disease. Familial-type HLH is usually fatal if not treated.
Mercury died in 1991 at age 45 due to complications from AIDS, having acknowledged the day before his death that he had contracted the disease. In 1992 Mercury was posthumously awarded the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music, with a tribute concert held at Wembley Stadium, London.
He did not get really sick for a few years after that. Freddie Mercury must have been HIV + for many years before he found out. He actually found out he had aids in 1987. So he was not actually sick as in showing symptoms, at the Wembley concert. He did not get really sick for a few years after that. Freddie Mercury must have been HIV + for many years before he found out. He actually found out he had aids in 1987.