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    Freddie Mercury was the lead singer of the rock band Queen and was known for his powerful four-octave vocal range. He wrote many of Queen's biggest hits and had a successful solo career while still performing with the band. Mercury died in 1991 at age 45 from AIDS-related complications.

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    Freddie Mercury was the lead singer of the rock band Queen and was known for his powerful four-octave vocal range. He wrote many of Queen's biggest hits and had a successful solo career while still performing with the band. Mercury died in 1991 at age 45 from AIDS-related complications.

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    Freddie Mercury was the lead singer of the rock band Queen and was known for his powerful four-octave vocal range. He wrote many of Queen's biggest hits and had a successful solo career while still performing with the band. Mercury died in 1991 at age 45 from AIDS-related complications.

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    Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 24 November 1991) was a British

    singer, songwriter and record producer, known as the lead vocalist and co-principal songwriter of the
    rock band Queen. He also became known for his flamboyant stage persona and four-octave vocal
    range.[3][4][5] Mercury wrote and composed numerous hits for Queen ("Bohemian Rhapsody," "Killer
    Queen," "Somebody to Love," "Don't Stop Me Now," "Crazy Little Thing Called Love," and "We Are
    the Champions."); occasionally served as a producer and guest musician (piano or vocals) for other
    artists; and concurrently led a solo career while performing with Queen.
    Mercury was born of Parsi descent in the Sultanate of Zanzibar and grew up there and in India until
    his mid-teens, before moving with his family to Middlesex, England ultimately forming the band
    Queen in 1970 withBrian May and Roger Taylor. Mercury died in 1991 at age 45 from complications
    from AIDS, having acknowledged the day before his death that he'd contracted the disease.
    In 1992 Mercury was posthumously awarded the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to British
    Music, with a tribute concert held at Wembley Stadium, London. As a member of Queen, he was
    inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001, the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003, the UK
    Music Hall of Fame in 2004, and the band received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2002.
    In 2002, he was placed at number 58 in the BBC's poll of the 100 Greatest Britons. Consistently
    voted one of the greatest singers in the history of popular music, Mercury was voted best male
    singer of all time in a 2005 poll organised by Blender and MTV2;[6] was ranked at 18 on the
    2008 Rolling Stone list of the 100 greatest singers ever;[5] was elected in 2009 as the best rock singer
    of all time by Classic Rock;[7] and was described by AllMusic as "one of rock's greatest all-time
    entertainers," with "one of the greatest voices in all of music."

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