1 Directly experiences the traumatic event. 2  Witnesses the traumatic event in person.  Learns that the traumatic event occurred to a close family member or close friend (with the actual or threatened death being either violent or accidental)
As the 20th anniversary of Freddieâs death looms â he died on November 24, 1991 â his friends have been celebrating what would have been his 65th birthday this week with an AIDS charity dinner for the Mercury Phoenix Trust at Londonâs Savoy Hotel, marking the start of a fund-raising year.
For more than two decades Mary Austin has abided by Mercuryâs wishes and kept the whereabouts of his ashes a secret. Not even his elderly parents were told. Since the death of Queenâs flamboyant frontman, aged 45, in November 1991, speculation has been rife.