Jim Hutton Freddie Mercury Mary Austin

Both mary austin and jim hutton were by freddie mercury s side when he contracted aids in 1987.

Jim hutton freddie mercury mary austin. He wasn t yet famous but austin said she was attracted to the wild looking artistic musician. He was just 42 years old. I m a big fan of freddies and recently purchased the late jim hutton s book mercury me. Freddie mercury had two great loves over his lifetime.

The queen star explained why in his own. It was a very interesting read and gave a rather special insight into the life of freddie. Freddie mercury backstage with boyfriend jim hutton. Austin recalled how she would sit every day next to the bed for hours whether he was awake or not.

Mercury had bequeathed hutton 500 000 about 1 million today but he had left garden lodge to his friend mary austin who gave hutton three months to clear out. Jim hutton went back home to ireland where he used the money mercury had left him to build a home of his own. Freddie mercury left ex girlfriend mary austin his mansion and entire fortune even though he had been living with his partner jim hutton for many years. In 1969 when he was 24 years old mercury met a 19 year old shop assistant named mary austin.

However the ending where he discusses mary austin s behaviour was a little troubling. Photos by dave hogan getty images. I read jim s book and it seemed he was most upset at being told by mary that he had to move out of the mansion by march. Mercury in london with former partner mary austin both in 1985.

Freddie died on november 24 1991. The woman he almost married and the man he privately loved. According to the recent interview with peter freestone who was freddie s personal assistant for the last 12 years of his life freddie was thinking. At the time there was no cure for the illness and both austin and hutton nursed him as best as they could.

Jim hutton himself had been diagnosed with hiv for the first time in 1990.