Freddie's last few years

I wasn't born around this time. I'm just wondering whether fans knew at the time Freddie was dying, or at least whether they knew he was ill and had aids?

Also, people say he was so weak and in much pain towards the end - especially during 'These are the days of our lives' filming. What symtoms would he have had?

[QUOTE] [b]5th_member_of_Queen wrote:[/b]
people say he was so weak and in much pain towards the end - especially during 'These are the days of our lives' filming. What symtoms would he have had?[/QUOTE]

There are many medical website where you can look up Aids symptoms and the effects of pneumonia.
Do you really want to talk about them here?

[QUOTE] I wasn't born around this time. I'm just wondering whether fans knew at the time Freddie was dying, or at least whether they knew he was ill and had aids?[/QUOTE]
Even some of the most basic books and documentaries cover this and the British press at the time.

You're friendly.

You ask distasteful and more than a little morbid questions.

How is it morbird? We know he died, I'm just a fan who is wondering what it was like for other Queen fans at the time. Whether they knew he was ill.

here you will find some answers:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_xipkQboBAE&t=1864s

Most heartbreaking thing is he wasn’t long away from treatment that could have saved him.

[QUOTE] [b]5th_member_of_Queen wrote:[/b]

Most heartbreaking thing is he wasn’t long away from treatment that could have saved him.[/QUOTE]

No he really wasn't, even if he lived another year he was too far gone for treatment.

As a seasoned Queenette, all I knew was he started to look odd. When he went a chubby, and then a bit skinny I just figured it was normal ageing. You wouldn't see him for years at a time in those day so it made sense. Atfer the Brits 1990 people started spouting stuff their dads had obviously told them about faggots dying and how he was a faggot and deserved it.

Then it was announced he had AIDS and I was still unsure what that actually meant in real terms. Switching the radio on the next morning and they were talking about him and playing music a Queen song. I thought aw that's nice they're showing everyone that there's all behind him (Queen on Radio1 was a rarity). Had a bit of a spring in my step getting ready for school.

Then they said he was dead.

A newbie talking about aids, what a suprise......

As an American fan, I had to get almost all of my Queen news via the fan club newsletter.

I thought Freddie's voice sounded better than it had in years on the Innuendo album. The only inkling I had that he was sick was a magazine interview with Brian and Roger where they asked if Freddie was ill and they said he was totally fine...he had just become reclusive.

That's all I ever came across until his announcement the day before his death and even then I figured we'd still have him for years but...:(

It's a legit question. Prob stems from people's concern about Freddie this new artist they may be relating to or who inspires them.

Having not been a 1st generation fan they may ask questions like this. I suppose it's curiosity seeing as how they wouldn't know.
since it was a pre internet era, I would think that locally in the USA this was much off the radar.

In the U.K. however those sleaze rags were hounding him and it would appear that UK fans would've had prior knowledge and concern about him during that time especially with fewer appearances

I was not a fan back then, but I do know that he had become almost invisible to the public and that magazines were occasionally posting pictures of him and speculating about his health. When his condition was announced, on a Sunday I believe, I figured that he would probably have months or maybe years to live. The announcement on the radio the next morning that he had died came as a bit of a shock.

It was another century... i first went online in ‘94 i guess.. i didnt know..
huge shock reading the tragic news on front page in the morning on my way to work..
returned to work somewhere in januari..
And yeah... still not completly over it :(

[QUOTE] [b]dysan wrote:[/b]

As a seasoned Queenette, all I knew was he started to look odd. When he went a chubby, and then a bit skinny I just figured it was normal ageing. You wouldn't see him for years at a time in those day so it made sense. Atfer the Brits 1990 people started spouting stuff their dads had obviously told them about faggots dying and how he was a faggot and deserved it.

Then it was announced he had AIDS and I was still unsure what that actually meant in real terms. Switching the radio on the next morning and they were talking about him and playing music a Queen song. I thought aw that's nice they're showing everyone that there's all behind him (Queen on Radio1 was a rarity). Had a bit of a spring in my step getting ready for school.

Then they said he was dead. [/QUOTE]