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 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.