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Asteroid 17473 was named Freddiemercury in honor of Freddie Mercury on what would have been his 70th birthday.
Related events
- A blue plaque was unveiled marking the first house where Freddie Mercury lived after arriving in England. The Queen frontman moved into the semi-detached house in Feltham, West London, after his family left Zanzibar in 1964, when he was 17.
- Posthumously scored his first solo number-one hit on the UK chart with a remix of “Living On My Own”, originally released in 1985 on his solo album Mr. Bad Guy. The song was a minor hit in its original version in 1985 and was later re-released in a remixed version, leading to major chart success.
- Singer and songwriter Freddie Mercury, born Farrokh Bulsara, was born in Stone Town, Zanzibar. He became internationally famous as the frontman of Queen.