What were really Freddie mercury's symptoms of AIDS?

Answer 1

No one knows for sure. According to Freddie's partner Jim Hutton, Mercury found out he had AIDS in 1987. That has always been the official word on the subject and I believe that Mary Austin and Peter Freestone have also confirmed this as fact.

However, Freddie very likely acquired HIV at some point in the late 70s or early 80s. So he could have been symptomatic by the time of the Magic Tour. Roger Taylor said that he was under the impression that Freddie felt he might not be in the best of health at that time and that it would be the last Queen tour. So it's very possible. Freddie's former lover Barbara Valentin said that he was showing HIV symptoms in 1985-86, but I haven't heard this confirmed by anyone else close to Freddie.

Answer 2

His symptoms were growing weakness of the body, sores, ulcers, and scars on his body, "mild fits (if anyone really knows what that means. probably coughing fits or something, (poor guy))," cold/flu-like symptoms, and at one point of his life (after "these are the days of our lives") he couldn't even get out of bed... i feel sad now.

Answer 3

I'm sorry about my last answer for this question. I was partly right, and partly wrong: Right: Freddie did have growing weakness of the body, which means by 1990 he could barely stand, and by 1991- by his last few days on Earth- he became bedridden. He also had growing loss of sight (Which is normal before dying). Exhaustion must've also accompanied him, too. Maybe he had symptoms of a cold (Well, I only say this because I saw a YouTube video of the making of "I'm Going Slightly Mad." He sneezed at 4:09 (four minutes, nine seconds). Look for it, I guess.) Also, in his last few days, he could only have fruit and fruit juices. He was agitated, too. Wrong: Okay, he did have "mild fits", but they weren't coughing fits; they were severe anxiety attacks. I read an exert on Jim Hutton's "Mercury & Me." Someone named Joe- a friend of Freddie's- had to pin him down on his bed whenever this happened. Well, I'm Lauren, and I was wrong about his symptoms before. Have a nice day.

Answer 4

No one knows for sure. According to Freddie's partner Jim Hutton, Mercury found out he had AIDS in 1987. That has always been the official word on the subject and I believe that Mary Austin and Peter Freestone have also confirmed this as fact.

However, Freddie very likely acquired HIV at some point in the late 70s or early 80s. So he could have been symptomatic by the time of the Magic Tour. Roger Taylor said that he was under the impression that Freddie felt he might not be in the best of health at that time and that it would be the last Queen tour. So it's very possible. Freddie's former lover Barbara Valentin said that he was showing HIV symptoms in 1985-86, but I haven't heard this confirmed by anyone else close to Freddie.

Answer 5

Ten years