Freddie Mercury: Queen star’s friend recalls what he did immediately after star died

FREDDIE MERCURY’S death 28 years ago sent shockwaves through Queen’s fandom, the millions of people whose lives were touched by the Bohemian Rhapsody singer’s music. Nearly two decades later, the man who was with him when he died recalled his actions immediately afterwards.

Freddie Mercury died of bronchial pneumonia, a complication due to AIDS, at his West Kensington home, One Garden Lodge, on November 24, 1991. His friend Dave Clark, of The Dave Clark 5, was the one person with him when he passed away. Clark was one of a small group of close friends who took it in turns to sit at the Queen legend’s bedside in the last days of his life, ensuring he was never alone.

In a 2008 interview with the Daily Mail, Clark remembered the moments which followed Mercury’s last breath.

The musician recalled: “I was with him at his house right at the end. The doctors had left and we knew it was only a matter of time.”

Mercury had stopped taking his AIDS medication in the days before he died.

Opening up about how he coped with the situation after the Queen singer’s death, Clark said he had immediately gone to share the heartbreaking news with those closest with Mercury.