Freddie mubatsiri wemunhu waMercury, Peter muenzaniso, akaudza vatori venhau nezve kuda kwekupedzisira kwemuimbi asati afa. Akacherekedzawo kuti muimbi ane ngano akatanga kufungidzira kuti chii chairwara neAIDS, mamwe makore mana pamberi porufu.
Asi muimbi aisada kubata vanachiremba. Nekuda kweizvozvo, kutarisa hutano hwevanyanzvi kunyengetedzwa neaichimboda waya Waida Austin. Sekureva kwemutungamiriri weboka revaenzati, mumwedzi wapfuura wehupenyu, pakudzoka kubva kuSwitzerland, Freddie akarega kunwa mahwendefa.
Foloune anotenda kuti nyeredzi yakanzwa kuti nguva yakanga yasvika pakufa, girazi rinoshuma. Mazuva mashoma asati abuda kubva kuupenyu hwaMercury akabvunza mubatsiri wake kuti aongorore ugaro hwake. Mubatsiri anoratidza kuti Freddie aingoda kuona iyo yekupedzisira nguva yemamwe mabasa ehunyanzvi.
Zvichienderana naPetro, muimbi akatenderedza imba yekutandarira uye mukamuri yeJapan. Akataura kuti akawana sei zvinhu zvakasiyana kubva pakuunganidzwa uku. "Ehe, mumazuva ano ekupedzisira, mamiriro ezvinhu akanyarara akabata ushe mumba, Freddie akaramba ari Freddie, wataiziva, kusvika kumagumo," kushushikana freon.
Yeuka kuti Mercury yakafa munaNovember 24, 1991 muimba yake yeLondon kubva kuBronchopneumonia, iyo yakatanga mushure mekunge Mutambi akarwara neAIDS.