Kuijpy wrote:  "And backwards we can all see that Freddie lied to us..."

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I think it's too strong to use the word LIED.   It seem very judgemental and like a criticism.  

The environment and social stigma, paranoia, fear, panic .... etc  back then for persons with AIDS/HIV was very intense.    Here in America you had nurses even refusing to work with these patients and also funeral homes not wanting to process their bodies. Thank God persons like Princess Diana and Mother Theresa had the courage to step forward and hold babies with HIV - showing that you would not immediately self-destruct by doing so.  Showing compassion!

Having to address his illness openly would have made it very hard for himself, his bandmates, family, friends, etc.  He would of rather spent that time writing, singing and performing (Barcelona). That was the best healing he could have for himself since no cure was in sight.  I read that he made the choice to stop taking AZT, knowing that that was his only defense, the only treatment available - so the lyric in The Show Must Go On about "my body's aching to be free" is especially poignant.  

It's painful to think about this fantastic artist and musical hero of ours in this terrible terrible situation - with no way out.  It hurts very much - how it all ended.  A boy from Zanzibar making it all the way to London, destiny bringing him together with Brian, Roger and John, super stardom and then in just barely 20 years time it ends for him.  I'm glad he made it in the music biz and got to sing, dance and be as wild as he wanted on stage, to travel the world and have adoring fans everywhere. He so deserved all of it and he's still bringing us joy everyday.