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.
In honor of Freddie Mercuryâs birthday, 11 other HIV-related deaths. Freddie Mercury would have turned 69 on Saturday â but the legendary Queen frontman died of complications from AIDS in 1991. Rock Hudson was one of the first mainstream celebrities to die from an AIDS-related illness. Before his death in 1985, he came out about his AIDS diagnosis and his homosexuality.