Freddie Mercury said to Mary Austin in his will: “If things had been different you would have been my wife, and this would have been yours anyway.” (1984)

That means he’s ✧･ﾟ\*everywhere\*･ﾟ✧

Secret to everyone but her. Poetic romance personified!

That’s trust. We all need a Mary in our life.

She spread them in a place he had chosen and discussed with her beforehand. Not his parents, sister, bandmates or any other friends were told. Freddy didn't want to have his loved ones visiting him at a grave where any obsessed fans might have gone the route of grave robbing and he didn't want them to go through that either. The relationship between Mary and Freddy, to me, is a perfect example of why I believe that a person's soulmate isn't always their romantic partner. I believe that soulmates are people who know one another inside and out, have a bond of trust, never a secret between them and a shared ability to know the other person as well as they know themselves. I also believe that soulmates can exist between more than just two individuals. It's not uncommon for friends to have a trio My(F 35) soulmate (F who was 9 months older than me, nearly to the day) passed just over 8 years ago. She was my best friend, my other half. She had this uncanny ability, even through text messaging, to know exactly what I needed at any given moment. What I mean is, if I had something nagging at me but hadn't figured out what I wanted to say, if anything, or what exactly was bothering me in the first place; whether I was feeling giddy over news I wanted to share but was choosing to hold back until I got to hear how her kids were doing and updates on what things they were into at any particular point; if I was holding back grief while being sure my texts were upbeat and cheerful so no one knew, she did. She would recognize something in my voice during calls but in texts when it's usually easy to play something off, she just knew and more importantly, she knew exactly what I needed from her as the best friend. She would just recognize without me saying a word, whether I needed advice or simply for her to listen, whether I was in need of a tough love conversation or even lecture (that last one being extremely rare and usually brief lol). Anyhow, I never understood how she just knew. I always *felt like* I was doing the same for her but we never actually talked about it specifically. Freddie and Mary's relationship reminds of my friend and myself, and while I have lost plenty of loved ones who were often far too young and died tragically in my life. When my time comes, however even if it's just endless nothingness, it is my deepest hope that she is the first person, or only if that's the case. I believe that Mary probably feels the same way about Freddy.

The trick is to find a talented poor gay guy and roll the dice

I have a female cousin who lived next door to an elderly gay couple. She fed their cats, when they traveled. When they died, they left her their house. It was worth considerably less than Mercury's house, but was much more than she expected. Especially considering that what she had done was pretty small.

I just saw a documentary the other day about a 23 year old straight man who pretended to be gay for a rich gay middle aged man. Everything went well for a bit. The gay guy bought this man an expensive car and a motocycle and other good stuff until the straight man got sick of having sex with him. He decided to murder him expecting that all the gay mans fortune will go to him and now he is serving life in prison.

Bisexual

Elton John enters the chat

Same, I'm taking rich gay man applications now

Mercury wasn't gay. He was bi.

I know his cats went to Mary but I did not verify the other details in this answer at quora.com: >Oscar, the ginger cat seen with Mercury in his last known photo, wandered away some time after his master’s death. Mary Austin inherited Garden Lodge, which had a total of five cats (not including Oscar). Two of the cats were then rehomed, as she found five cats to be too much. >Delilah, Freddie’s favorite, lived to be an estimated twenty years old which is very old but a possible age for a cat. Peter Freestone, Freddie’s personal assistant wrote of visiting Mary at Garden Lodge some time in the early 2000s. Delilah was very old and frail but remembered him and fell asleep on his lap for a good two hours. Mary buried her in Freddie’s beloved garden. >Mary did not leave the two rehomed cats at an animal shelter. Instead, they were given to friends/neighbors. One cat, Romeo was aggressive towards Delilah, Goliath and Miko (who was bonded to the siblings). Maybe he fought with Mary’s cats and she thought he would do better in a home with no other cats. In fact, the cats had eclectic origins. Delilah and her brother Goliath were strays housed at a veterinary clinic. Tiffany was a gift from Mary. At least two of the cats were purchased as kittens on impulse by Jim from a local pet shop from separate occasions (Jim couldn’t resist the adorable kittens in the shop’s window!). Mary was a cat lover too, after all, so I don’t think she disliked the cats. Based on how long Delilah lived she was probably well cared for by Mary.

$500,000.00 to Jim Hutton. He used it to buy/build a house in Ireland.

That's gotta sting

He pulled a Caesar-Antony on his boyfriend.

I found a copy of Freddie's will and his will creates a trust fund that has a vesting date 50 years from his death and that is what was divided up in the percentages shown. The article might be wrong in stating that Mary gets his parents share. If I am reading the will correctly she only gets that share if his sister and his sisters children also die before the vesting date. In the mean time his parents share accrue to his sister or her children. As mentioned I think they are mixing present and past values. Freddie Mercury bought the house for £500,000 in cash from a member of the Hoare family early in 1980 so I think the $37 million is how much the home was worth in 2019 New Zealand dollars. I can't link to them directly because the spam filter in this sub deletes comments with links, but the following incomplete links, which can be copied and pasted to your browser, go to the nzherald.co.nz article and his will: nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/freddie-mercurys-ex-fiancee-set-for-huge-75m-windfall/ROXOQRU7UQ5ZVADPZ2KP2BLO4U/ taringa.net/+musica/testamento-de-freddie-mercury_i1g90

Could be that the residence was purchased for much much lower, but I created in value over the years. London real estate market is pretty crazy.

Record companies take most of the money up front. During their biggest years the band got a smaller cut. Plus, buying in London when he did was a smart move.

I think [these other comments]( concur with your thought.

That was in the movie. Before he was successful he was in a relationship with his landlady, and called it off when he came out to himself. From what I read, I don’t think there was any bitterness between them after the fact. Perhaps the derision should be directed at a system that allows someone who literally works for a doctor to be unable to get medical treatment due to money.

>Not every relationship is the same. The understatement of the millennium

Oof, that's a big difference from what everybody else got. Lol.

Also their home in Ireland.

And a home and property in Ireland.

Austin was with him when Freddie was a nobody. Jim was with him when he was a super star. I think that is a major component to why Freddie had so much affection for her. I've had successful friends who try to date people they knew before they became successful due to this complication.

Mary was his life partner sounds like.

Average redditors be like “what’s a *friendship?”*

Hell I have basically the exact same friendship. Dated my best friend for quite a while and then she came out and now we're still best friends. You can still have amazing relationships and deeply care for each other even if you're not sleeping together.

Not everyone has that.

That’s a beautiful but tricky situation. I wish you both the best.

You're incredibly lucky! For many they never find that person, male or female, romantic or not.

I always wondered whether it's written from her POV rather than his. Either way, I'm devastated by it every time and I've never even broken up with someone.

OK I'm glad I'm not the only one tripping, I seriously thought that was Laura Palmer.

The movie is a great film, and malek puts in a truly remarkable performance. BUT, I wouldn't treat it as a historically accurate biography...

Bohemian Rhapsody is such a great movie but the movie is REALLY inaccurate. Keep in mind it is a biopic, not a documentary. Rami Malek plays him soooo good tho.

are you saying the lead singer of Hootie and the Blowfish is not named Hootie?

Sometimes her arms bend back.