Do You remember when...

i was 15 in 1991 and i still remember a friend came to me the day before Fred passed telling me that he had AIDS and i didn't want to believe that. But 24 hours later as i was getting ready for a new schoolweek, on monday the 24th it was all over the news and i remember that i broke down and started crying. I became a real fan in 1989 when The Miracle was released and i started collecting a few years later. It was a sad day, the 24th for all of us fans and when you think back on that day, it makes you sad all over again.

I woke up at 6ish turned on the TV and heard the news, went to work in a daze and faked a meeting out of the office. then traveled to Freddie's house to stand with a few people. It took me hours to locate where it was, and in the end I only stayed there 10 mins as it felt wrong to be there. Glad i did thou.

Spent the rest of the day in the same daze and disbelief.

didn't Eric Carr die the same day?

Its a bit strange. I was 12 at the time and i fell in love with Queen six months after his death when exposed to the Innuendo album. Thinking back i vaguely remember an interesting character who was a singer and died from this (monster at that time) disease. In Greek media the news of his death was not covered as ''big news'' so it must have been MTV Europe that created these thin memories. It was a year after his death that i started having empathy for him and his suffering. Then Wembley 86 was broadcasted and he really seemed more alive than ''alive people''.It was a weird feeling but it was genuine and it stayed.
Now i do believe that the impression his death had on me and the ''time shifting'' way i received it did messed with my head ( with my subconscious actually) for quite a while.

I remember it like it was yesterday, I was 21 and my mother wakes me up with the news! I knew he was very ill, but still, it hurt me so much that for months he could not hear his voice without getting sad, really still misses him very much! I thank God for being a fan of Queen since 1980 and I went to a rock in rio, Freddie will always be the best singer in rock history!

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how many "Brian Mays" have you got in your collection

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It made my day!

I was 8 and vaguely remember it being on the TV and getting the feeling that it was a big deal.

It's the only time my wife has ever seen her Dad cry.

My big sister bought the subsequent re-release of Bo-Rap, played it to me and I've been hooked ever since.

Thanks to everyone for sharing their stories. When Fred died, Queen only seemed to have gained More fans, what an incredible man, who touched so many of us. And Queen as a whole- just can't get any better than Queen!!

I remember, crystal clear, and I really would like to forget. It was and will always be extremely painful for me.

[QUOTE] [b]waunakonor wrote:[/b]
I never heard about that. Where did you read this at?[/QUOTE]

In the last hours of his life Freddie announced to Jim Hutton that he had to go the bathroom by saying 'Pee pee'. Freddie at that point was unable to walk so Jim and Peter picked him up to bring him to the toilet. When they were putting him down on the bed again there was a horrible cracking sound and apparently Freddie broke his leg.

"In the last hours of his life Freddie announced to Jim Hutton that he had to go the bathroom by saying 'Pee pee'. Freddie at that point was unable to walk so Jim and Peter picked him up to bring him to the toilet. When they were putting him down on the bed again there was a horrible cracking sound and apparently Freddie broke his leg"

Thanks for sharing that horrible image. You are a dick.

have to disagree with you on this
i had no idea about this til my dad was really unwell (4½ yrs ago) and the locum dr advised ot be careful helping him in and out of bed
it's something worth knowing - esp if you're ever in the position of carer

Great... everything is ok then...

[QUOTE] [b]shannaschaffer wrote:[/b]

As I said earlier I was too self-absorbed at 18, but I don't recall any news or gossip about Freddie's condition leading up to his death. MTV or the radio was always on in my room and I read a celebrity gossip weekly that my grandmother subscribed to. But his death seemed out-of-the-blue to me. Was that the case for everyone in the U.S.? Or was I even more oblivious than I thought?[/QUOTE]

I do not think that you were oblivious.

I found out when a local Chicago television station mentioned it as an afterthought at the tail end of their 10:00 PM news.

If not for that brief mention of his death, I do not know when I would of heard of his passing. Queen was dead in the US long before Freddie died.