The freddie mercury story

As the flamboyant and fierce frontman of Queen, he's one of the most famous rock icons in history, but Freddie Mercury: The Final Actunveils things we didn't know about the legendary singer, chronicling the last days of Mercury's life and the groundbreaking tribute concert the band staged in his memory after he died.

The world tragically lost the British singer-songwriter—who was renowned for his soaring four-octave range, his charismatic stage presence and for penning such iconic songs as "Killer Queen", "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Somebody to Love", "We Are the Champions", "Don't Stop Me Now" and "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"—on November 24, , at 45 years old due to AIDS, four years after his initial diagnosis and only a day after going public with the disease.

This two-part special differentiates itself from other traditional music documentaries or biopic films like's Bohemian Rhapsody by telling Fredd