Mercury: An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury (52 page)

Queen fly in over a sea of fans in their customized helicopter for what no one knew at the time would be Freddie’s final gig with Queen. Knebworth, August 1986.

Freddie with the late American composer and musician Michael Kamen, taking a break during the shoot of the video for “Who Wants to Live Forever,” 1986. Kamen created the track’s orchestration.

Freddie in regal cloak and crown, by designer Diana Moseley, Wembley Stadium, 15 July 1986.

Pike’s Hotel, Ibiza, 1987. Back row, from left: Peter Straker, a bodyguard, Freddie, chauffeur and friend Terry Giddings, “Alex,” Mike Moran, Jim Hutton. Front row, from left: Tony Pike and Barbara Valentin.

“Viking” male nurse Thor Arnold relaxes with Freddie in Los Angeles.

Team photo on the steps of a gay bar in Ibiza. Front row, from left: Barbara Valentin, Winnie Kirchberger, Freddie. Back row, third from left: Peter “Phoebe” Freestone.

At Roger Taylor’s home, Ibiza. From left: chauffeur and friend Graham Hamilton, Freddie, Barbara Valentin, Jim Hutton, Peter Freestone.

Freddie with Mary Austin and Dave Clark at Freddie’s forty-first birthday party, Ibiza, September 1987.

Who’s got the balls? . . . Freddie at Pike’s Hotel, Ibiza, Spain, September 1987.

Barbara Valentin with Freddie at Roger Taylor’s house, Ibiza.

Freddie, Barbara Valentin, and Peter Straker celebrate their final Christmas together at Garden Lodge.

Singer Elaine Paige with Freddie at the Royal Opera House Terrace Bar, London, 1987.

Freddie with new West End sensation Catherine Zeta-Jones and TV actress Jill Gascoine, April 1987.