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.
Jim is talking about their âmarriage', being diagnosed as HIV positive four years ago, his book Mercury and Me, about watching Freddie die and being evicted from the Â£4 million mansion that Freddie left to his former lover Mary Austin - according to Jim, on condition that he could remain there.