[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Seven_Seas_Of_Rhye II wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I guess Freddie knew he had HIV in the early 1986 before the Magic Tour. I don't believe Jim. Or Freddie could want to not say him, so Jim only knew in 1987. Why I think so? Just look at Freddie in 1985 and in 1986 - how he changed... I don't know how to say it... - His look became most 'serious' and deep. Please, don't laugh - he looks for me in 1986 as he became a father - his look became very philosophical... His movements became more 'measured'. It's sedate Freddie...[/QUOTE]
That's a very good observation, and people tend to miss that.
His appearance also changed from 85 to 86. He put on a bit of weight, and his face looked puffier. Did that have anything to do with him being HIV-positive, or is that unrelated?
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Re: the Puffier Look...
Certain HIV medications can give you a bit of water retention. Or so I've heard - that might actually be medication for the AIDS bit which comes later on.
In any case, for him to have actually been chugging medication for that, he would need to have seen a doctor and had it all diagnosed etcetera.
I also find it difficult to reconcile Jim Hutton's recollection with Mary Austin's.
Jim Hutton says (in his book) that Freddie went to a doctor in 1987, was petrified because they took a lump off him, and then he found out he was HIV, AIDS, whatever.
Mary Austin put it thus (In "Queen - Is This The Real Life") : Freddie had seen a doctor, but was refusing to answer calls from the guy, for quite a long while, until one day she was told (deliberately? I wonder if thats allowed) that Freddie had HIV.
She also makes it sound as though this happened '7 years' before he died, which would put it in 1984. Or thereabouts.
Sorry to obsess :P Just trying to help the never ending argument... if you ask me, Freddie knew he had it from the moment the disease became well known. It's just common sense; look at the company he kept!
My guess is that it takes a bit of personal maturity and introspection to really grasp the gravity of a thing like AIDS. Hence the shift in his apparent personality over time.
Certain HIV medications can give you a bit of water retention. Or so I've heard - that might actually be medication for the AIDS bit which comes later on.
In any case, for him to have actually been chugging medication for that, he would need to have seen a doctor and had it all diagnosed etcetera.
I also find it difficult to reconcile Jim Hutton's recollection with Mary Austin's.
Jim Hutton says (in his book) that Freddie went to a doctor in 1987, was petrified because they took a lump off him, and then he found out he was HIV, AIDS, whatever.
Mary Austin put it thus (In "Queen - Is This The Real Life") : Freddie had seen a doctor, but was refusing to answer calls from the guy, for quite a long while, until one day she was told (deliberately? I wonder if thats allowed) that Freddie had HIV.
She also makes it sound as though this happened '7 years' before he died, which would put it in 1984. Or thereabouts.
Sorry to obsess :P Just trying to help the never ending argument... if you ask me, Freddie knew he had it from the moment the disease became well known. It's just common sense; look at the company he kept!
My guess is that it takes a bit of personal maturity and introspection to really grasp the gravity of a thing like AIDS. Hence the shift in his apparent personality over time.
Yeah, it's usually two differences that Mary and Hutton says.
For that Freddie's night Budapest interview, look at here (not good quality):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jIcq803zwOs
Freddie looks embarrassed.
For that Freddie's night Budapest interview, look at here (not good quality):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jIcq803zwOs
Freddie looks embarrassed.