Elton John’s touching story about Freddie Mercury’s final days.

September 5, 2019 compassq 5 THINGS TO KNOW, A & E, ENTERTAINMENT, HEROES, HEROES & HISTORY Comments Off on Elton John’s touching story about Freddie Mercury’s final days.
31st October 1977: Singer songwriter Elton John (Reginald Dwight) with star of musicals Peter Straker, and Freddie Mercury (Frederick Bulsara, 1946 - 1991), singer with the group Queen. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Today (September 5) marks what would have been the 73rd birthday of the late Freddie Mercury. To mark the occasion, we look back on a tribute from Elton John, one of Mercury’s closest friends, in his 2013 book.

Mercury passed away from complications from AIDS on…