Umdlali oneminyaka engu-45 ubudala uFreddie Mercury wabulawa yisifo se-asthma, engakwazanga ukushaya ngenxa ye-AIDS. Namuhla ku-intanethi kuvele ingxoxo ne-Queen Queen Brian Maya, owayengumdlali we-guitarist owayengumdlali wokuqala, owakhuluma ngesenzakalo esesabekayo esenzeka noFreddie. Kwakukhona ukuthi umculi kufanele asuse cishe wonke unyawo ngenxa ye-AIDS, ngoba ubuhlungu obunzima bwamvimbela ukuba akhona.
Ukuqashelwa okungalindelekile kwamaMaya
Ekuphileni kukaFreddie ngaphambi kokufa kwakhe kwakungenakwenzeka ukubuka ngaphandle kwezinyembezi. Esikhathini se-Sunday Times edition, uBrian wakhulume ngokukhululekile ngenkathi enzima yokuphila kukaMercury kanye nobuhlungu obunzima obhekene nomdlali. Nanka amagama okuxoxwa ngawo:
"Ngangazi ukuthi uFreddie wayengazi kahle. Ngezinye izikhathi wayekhononda ngezinhlungu ezinzima ezahlula kuye. Ngaphezu kwakho konke wayekhathazwa umlenze, noma kunalokho isilonda esingaphulukisi. Wayesenesihlengikazi njalo, kodwa ukwelashwa akuzange kusize. Ngolunye usuku ngangizomvakashela endlini yakhe. Futhi, ngokungalindelekile kimi, uFreddie wangibonisa unyawo lwakhe. Waqedwa cishe wonke unyawo. Ngicabanga ukuthi, ngalesosikhathi, nganginamahloni kangaka emehlweni kaFreddie okwesaba kimi. Waqala ukuxolisa, ethi: "Brian, ngithethelele. Bengingacabangi ukuthi isithombe esinjalo singakucasula kakhulu. " Mina, njengamanje, ngiyakhumbula ngalesosikhathi isimo sami. Into kuphela engingayisho ngaleso sikhathi kwakuyizwi lokuzwelana nokuqonda. "
Ngemuva kwalokho, u-69 ubudala owayengumdlali we-guitarist we-Queen Queen uthe la mazwi:
"Ngiyaxolisa ukuthi uFreddie akakwazi ukugcina okungenani iminyaka embalwa. Ngenkathi phakathi neminyaka engama-90 kwaziwa ukuthi lo muthi wasungula izidakamizwa ezisekela i-AIDS, ngakhala izinyembezi. Ukwamukela, angaphila isikhathi eside kakhulu. Ngeshwa, lokhu akukwenzekanga. "
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Ngo-1986, abezindaba baqala ukuveza ukuthi umculi uyagula nge-AIDS, kepha uFreddie waphikisana nalolu lwazi. Ngemuva kweminyaka emithathu ukuthi umculi uzofa maduze, kwacaca ukubonakala kukaMercury: walahlekelwa isisindo, waqala ukuhamba kabi esiteji futhi kwaba nzima ngaye ukunikeza amakhonsathi. Ngo-Novemba 23, 1991 umculi wenza isitatimende esifushane lapho athi khona ngokugula:
"Ngiqaphele ukuthi maduzane wonke umuntu ukhuluma ngokuthi ngiyagula nge-HIV. Kuyiqiniso. Ngine-AIDS. Ngifihle lolu lwazi isikhathi eside, ukuze abangani bami nezihlobo zami bangakhathazeki, kodwa manje angiboni iphuzu kulokhu. Ngiyethemba ukuthi abaningi benu bayakuqonda ukuthi kubalulekile ukulwa ne-AIDS. Kuphela kuphela esingakuyeka lesi sifo esibi. "
Ngosuku olulandelayo emva kwesitatimende umculi washona endlini yakhe eLondon. Ngendlela, naphezu kokuthi kwakungekho amalungiselelo ahambelana ne-AIDS okwamanje, odokotela, noma kunjalo, banikeze izinhlelo ezithile. Kodwa-ke, uFreddie wanquma ukungasebenzisi izinsizakalo zezokwelapha futhi wazinikela ekulashweni kwemithi yokwelashwa, okwakunakekelwa kahle ngesiguli kanye nemisebenzi encane eyenziwa, eyenziwa ngosizo lwezinto ezidakayo nezindakamizwa.