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Rolling Stone Readers Called Him The Second-Best Frontman Ever — He Was Born 80 Years Ago Today

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Freddie Mercury was born on September 5, 1946, and through his career with Queen, he impressed with his stage presence and ability to sing through four octaves.

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If he were still alive, he would have turned 80. Freddie Mercury, an icon of British rock music who took the world by storm with the band Queen. The frontman of the band, which filled stadiums in the 1970s and 1980s with songs such as I Want To Break Free, Another One Bites the Dust and We Will Rock You, has died at the age of just 45.

·Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Theatre on stage but reserved for his private life, he died at 45 years of age cut off from AIDS (ANSA)

·Rome, Italy
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The Queen vocalist didn't just record with the historic mother band. On the day Freddie Mercury's 80th birthday is celebrated, listen here to some of her best solo songs or in collaboration

·Lisboa, Portugal
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Today Queen's frontman would celebrate his birthday. Many initiatives to remember him including a mural in the Wembley Stadium in London

·Rome, Italy
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