One of Freddie Mercury's oldest friends is to auction an intimate collection of 1,500 items belonging to the late Queen star, including some of his handwritten lyrics and riotous stage costumes
Jim Hutton, the Irish partner of the late pop idol Freddie Mercury, died on New Year’s Day, 2010, and was laid to rest in his hometown of Carlow, Ireland. Queen front man FreddieJim Hutton, born in 1949 died in 2010, nearly 20 years after the death of his partner Freddie Mercury. The Irish man died on the 1st January, just three days before what would have been his 61st birthday He died at the age of 60 from lung cancer. Before he died he wrote a memoir on his relationship with Freddie, called Mercury and Me and
Freddie died on November 24 1991 and a funeral ceremony took place three days later. Three months later, Mary asked Peter, Jim and Freddie's ex Joe Fanelli to all move out of One Garden Lodge.
It was in the year 1987, according to his partner Jim Hutton, when Freddie was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, which little by little reduced the health of the Queen frontman.
In only one interview did Freddie speak directly about Jim, although he still did not name him. This was as much for Jim's privacy as Freddie's.
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