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A few years before Freddie died, did AIDS turn him blind?, is that why he is wearing Glasses in the Invisible Man Video? did he only loose his eyesight temporarily, as at the Brit Awards 1990, He looked like he had a vision
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He wore glasses in Body Language video in 1982, in Spread Your Wings/WWRY in 1977... So what?
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And by the way take a look at It's A Hard Life video - how many eyes are on Freddie's outfit! It probably means something... He knew he'd be blind in 1991!
If seriously: no, he wasn't. He draw pictures in Montreux and Garden Lodge in 1991 - it's not something you'd do if you're blind.
If seriously: no, he wasn't. He draw pictures in Montreux and Garden Lodge in 1991 - it's not something you'd do if you're blind.
Well I guees he must have been blind since the mid 70ies... well c´mon look at all those beautiful girls and women that live on our planet! ;-)
That is Bollocks, Freddie was not blind all his life, until the the late 80's, If he was blind how come he looked people in the eye, and walked up to them, and in the Queen magazine, people asked him questions, and he replied, So think before you start telling sick lies about the greatest singer ever!
That is Bollocks, Freddie was not blind all his life, until the the late 80's, If he was blind how come he looked people in the eye, and walked up to them, and in the Queen magazine, people asked him questions, and he replied, So think before you start telling sick lies about the greatest singer ever! like that other guy asking for photos.
he was indeed blind. he didnt see me!
On a serious note...from what I have heard and read through the years from Jim Hutton, Mary Austin, Peter Freestone, Freddie started losing his sight about the beginning of November 1991, which greatly distressed him for the obvious reason of potentially going blind...and also because he knew at that point, he felt it would keep him from being able to be productive musically...which had kept him going amd gave him the hope, strength, faith and will to live.
This was what was the final straw that promted Freddie to intentionally stop taking his AZT AIDS medication. He only took his pain killers..and sort of lost his will to go on...and at that point the AIDS spiraled swiftly and he died a few weeks later.
This was what was the final straw that promted Freddie to intentionally stop taking his AZT AIDS medication. He only took his pain killers..and sort of lost his will to go on...and at that point the AIDS spiraled swiftly and he died a few weeks later.
See... Sonia Doris is the living proof of my hypothesis! :-))
@Johnny Knoxville
..."...and in the Queen magazine, people asked him questions, and he replied."
Did you ask, if Freddie was blind or if he was deaf or/and dumb?
..."...and in the Queen magazine, people asked him questions, and he replied."
Did you ask, if Freddie was blind or if he was deaf or/and dumb?
Its only an opinion but Freddie surely was not blind until about November.
He danced around in videos like I'm Going Slightly Mad, Scandal and The Invisible Man. He couldn't do this if he was blind.
He sure as hell would not have been dancing up and down on the back of a steam loco during the Breakthru video if he was blind as well.
He danced around in videos like I'm Going Slightly Mad, Scandal and The Invisible Man. He couldn't do this if he was blind.
He sure as hell would not have been dancing up and down on the back of a steam loco during the Breakthru video if he was blind as well.
Yeah, I agree, I don't think he was blind until shortly before his Death
From Mary Austin's Interview/Article "Mercury Left me His Millions"
"In the year up until his death in 1991, Mary juggled looking after her son Richard, now nine, and his father, Piers Cameron, with attending to Freddie as he suffered the final stages of Aids. At the same time she was preparing for the birth of a second baby, Jamie, now eight.
Long before he told any of his close friends or the fellow members of his pop group Queen that he had Aids, he confided his secret to Mary. From that moment she was there each day to try to comfort him as he gradually became more ill.
As he started to lose his sight and his body became so weak that finally he couldn't even get out of bed, Freddie decided to face up to dying by refusing to take his medication. 'It was Freddie's decision to finally end it all - he chose the time to die,' Mary recalls in a whisper. 'He knew it was coming - that it was closer than it had ever been before. Then he suddenly said, "I've decided that I've got to go!"'
'The quality of his life had changed so dramatically and he was in more and more pain every day. He was losing his sight.
His body became weaker as he suffered mild fits. It was so distressing to see him deteriorating in this way. One day he decided enough was enough and stopped all the medical supplements that were keeping him going. He just turned off. The overwhelming thing for me was that he was just so incredibly brave. He looked death in the face and said, "Fine, I'll accept it now - I'll go." But it was peaceful and he died with a smile on his face.'
"In the year up until his death in 1991, Mary juggled looking after her son Richard, now nine, and his father, Piers Cameron, with attending to Freddie as he suffered the final stages of Aids. At the same time she was preparing for the birth of a second baby, Jamie, now eight.
Long before he told any of his close friends or the fellow members of his pop group Queen that he had Aids, he confided his secret to Mary. From that moment she was there each day to try to comfort him as he gradually became more ill.
As he started to lose his sight and his body became so weak that finally he couldn't even get out of bed, Freddie decided to face up to dying by refusing to take his medication. 'It was Freddie's decision to finally end it all - he chose the time to die,' Mary recalls in a whisper. 'He knew it was coming - that it was closer than it had ever been before. Then he suddenly said, "I've decided that I've got to go!"'
'The quality of his life had changed so dramatically and he was in more and more pain every day. He was losing his sight.
His body became weaker as he suffered mild fits. It was so distressing to see him deteriorating in this way. One day he decided enough was enough and stopped all the medical supplements that were keeping him going. He just turned off. The overwhelming thing for me was that he was just so incredibly brave. He looked death in the face and said, "Fine, I'll accept it now - I'll go." But it was peaceful and he died with a smile on his face.'