Pass notes No 2,848: Freddie Mercury

The late Queen singer is in the news again – this time because he is to be played by Sacha Baron Cohen in a new biopicAge: Would have turned 64 this month, had he not died in 1991.Appearance: Uday Hussein's more artistic brother.He's Iraqi, then? No. Mercury was born Farrokh Bulsara, in Zanzibar, the son of Parsi parents from Gujarat. The family moved to London when he was 17.So who was he? He was the front man of Queen, a singer with a four-octave range, a mesmerising performance style and...

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