MISCELLANEOUS
This is supposed to be a rather entertaining page of miscellaneous information about Freddie and Freddie… Enjoy:-)!
Here is a nice little cutting I purchased – sadly don’t know from which magazine it is, but it’s amusing, isn’t it :-)?
Freddie Mercury’s Profile
| Name: | Farrokh Bomi (information retracted from the film “Untold Story” from Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher) Bulsara |
| Artist name: | Freddie Mercury |
| Birth date: | Thursday, 5th September 1946 |
| Birthplace: | Government Hospital in Zanzibar/Tanzania |
| Ethnic group: | Parsee |
| Nationality: | Bi Indian |
| Faith: | Zoroastrian (?) Christian (?) |
| Parents: | Jer (♀) and Bomi (♂) Bulsara |
| Siblings: | Sister Kashmira Bulsara-Cooke, born in 1952 in Zanzibar, married with Roger Cooke, has two children |
| Last residence: | Royal Kensington, London, 1 Logan Place, Garden Lodge |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Profession: | Musician – lead vocals, keyboards, composer, lyricist |
| Timbre: | Baritone (although he often uses falsetto and ‘mixed voice’ in Queen-songs) |
| Speciality: | Illustrator and graphic designer |
| Other bands before Queen: | The Hectics (1958 – 1962), Ibex (August 1969 – October 1969), Wreckage (October 1969 – November 1969), Sour Milk Sea (February 1970 – Spring 1970) and Smile |
| Height: | 5ft 9 or 175,26 cm |
| Favourite country: | Japan, England |
| Favourite city: | London, New York (in the early 80s), Munich (in the mid 80s) |
| Favourite musicians: | Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Prince, Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson, Dionne Warwick, Lionel Ritchie, Montserrat Caballé, Luciano Pavarotti, Elvis Presley, Robert Plant, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Cliff Richard… |
| Favourite actresses: | Maggie Smith, Diana Rigg, Ava Gardner, Liza Minelli, Marlene Dietrich, Elizabeth Taylor, Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Rita Hayworth, Lana Turner, Greta Garbo… |
| Favourite movies: | “Some Like It Hot”, George Cukor’s “The Women”, “Imitation Of Life” with Lana Turner, black and white movies |
| Favourite colours: | Black, yellow, red, pastel colours, white |
| Favourite writers: | Beatrice Potter, Richard Dadd (this information is retracted from ‘Queen File’ – an early Queen magazine, but has to be put in question: Richard Dadd is a Victorian painter and Beatrice Potter is a British writer of children books) |
| Favourite painters (later life): | Salvador Dali, Mark Chagall, Joan Miro, Pablo Picasso, Francisco Goya |
| Favourite drink: | Champagne (Moët & Chandon, Louis Roederer Cristal) |
| Favourite food: | Spare ribs with onion sauce, chilli con carne, Indian food, Chinese food, spicy food |
| Favourite perfumes: | Armani for men, Monsieur de Givenchy, L’Eau Dynamisant by Clarins, L’Interdit by Givenchy |
| Favourite bath articles: | Johnson & Johnson baby shampoo, soaps by Roger et Gallet (“Simple”), bath oils |
| Favourite shops: | Harrods, Lalique shop, Tiffany, Cartier, Marks and Spencer, Sotheby’s, Christie’s |
| Favourite chocolate: | Godiva Belgian chocolate |
| Favourite clothing: | Calvin Klein underwear, black shirts with Indian patterns, bright floral shirts, shorts, kimonos, comfortable clothes |
| Pets: | Cats – Tom, Jerry, Oscar, Tiffany, Delilah, Goliath, Miko, Romeo, Lily (all in London apart from Dorothy in Munich) |
