Then the next day I fell to pieces completely, couldn’t do anything;
cr y i ng.’
May would go on further still, adding, ‘It’s a big thing. It’s like
all your adult life is over. It’s irrational, but it feels that way, losing
your best mate. It’s just a major, major hurt.’ Crediting the fight
in Mercury – a metaphorical God to millions all over the world
- May would divulge that, ‘He sang, literally, as long as he could
stand. He sang till he dropped, like he said he would. He worked
on the last two albums, at least, under great difficulty.’
The band themselves issued the following press release: ‘We have
lost the greatest and most beloved member of our family. We feel
overwhelming grief that he has gone, sadness that he should be cut
down at the height of his creativity, but above all great pride in the
courageous way he lived and died. It has been a privilege for us to
have shared such magical times. As soon as we are able we would
like to celebrate his life in the style to which he was accustomed.’
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Roger Taylor and Brian May are interviewed about Freddie Mercury.