On this day back in 1991, the world lost one of the best showmen Rock would ever see. Freddie Mercury, of Queen, was only 45.

Thank goodness video and MTV were around. We have a great amount of footage and music from Mercury, so he will never truly be gone.Before he did leave, mercury got to live a dream. Not that being a Rock God wasn't his dream, but he was able to perform opera in a serious setting with a giant in the genre.

Here are his last video shoot and interviews, the opera stuff, plus Freddie on stage doing what he was born to do.

 

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