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\n Freddie Mercury and Brian May perform onstage in Santa Monica, California on March 9, 1976.\n

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\n Freddie Mercury plays in London on November 29, 1975.\n

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\n Freddie Mercury performs with Queen at the Omni Coliseum on February 21, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia.\n

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\n Mercury performs at the Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, Illinois in 1980.\n

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\n Members of Queen prepare for a tour of South America while in New Orleans in 1981.\n

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\n Fans go wild as Freddie Mercury performs September 18, 1984 in Paris, France.\n

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\n Actress Jane Seymour and Mercury are all smiles backstage at the Fashion Aid event at the Royal Albert Hall in London on November 5, 1985.\n

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\n Queen won the award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music in 1987.\n

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\n Freddie Mercury and Monserrat Caballe perform Barcelona at KU club Ibiza on May 29, 1987 in Ibiza, Spain.\n

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\n Freddie Mercury attends an event with Anita Dobson in 1988.\n

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Alix Breeden

Celebrating Freddie Mercury’s birthday