Happy 65th Birthday To Farrokh Bulsara AKA Freddie Mercury!

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Edward

As a huge fan of Queen, I felt it was important to wish a happy birthday to one of the greatest rock stars and greatest voices of all time, Freddie Mercury.

But did you know his real name is Farrokh Bulsara? He was a Parsi born in Zanzibar and grew up there and in India until his mid-teens. He is considered to be Britain’s very first Asian mega rock star. In 2006, Time Asia named him as one of the most influential Asian heroes of the past 60 years.

Freddie Mercury would be 65 if he was still alive today. May you rock on in heaven, mate. Check out this awesome birthday tribute video that gives a wonderful insight on what Freddie was like in person and the brilliant musician that he was:

My favorite Queen song of all time is “Under Pressure,” as it was the perfect song to listen to when I was literally under pressure. What’s yours?

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Edward Hong is an actor and spoken poet. Passion to make a change in this world through the performing arts and activism defines his ongoing life and it is the struggle against all things unjust that gives him this passion to be one heck of a talkative, stubborn man. It, however, does not mean he strives to be a champion or role model of any community but to be the man who will be honest and say the things nobody will have the balls to say. He is the jester who is outspoken in what he believes in most passionately and therefore cannot be pinpointed that he will do what you expect him to do.
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