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.
Mercury was born Farookh Bulsara in Zanzibar in 1946 and spent most of his childhood in India before his family settled in England in 1964. That year he enrolled in art school. Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor, Brian May and Mike Grose formed Queen in 1970. Regarded by fans and critics alike as a consummate showman, Mercury was openly bisexual and enjoyed a colourful rock-star lifestyle.