Freddie Mercury died 34 years ago today at just 45, after losing his battle with AIDS.

Following his death, Queen bandmates Sir Brian May , Roger Taylor and John Deacon set about putting together their final album, 1995’s Made In Heaven, which would feature the singer’s posthumous vocals.

At his solo launch for the re-issue of 1998’s Another World, Sir Brian shared his emotional struggles with getting that last Queen record made and how he and the band came to terms with the star’s untimely death.

Inside Freddie Mercury’s final days as he kept illness hidden from the world

John Deacon was ‘severely traumatised’ by Freddie Mercury's death

The guitarist took part in a Q&A at his album launch, held at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich a couple of years ago. Producer Simon Lupton

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