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A gravestone bearing the real name of Queen icon Freddie Mercury has been uncovered at Kensal Green Cemetery, after years of uncertainty about the legend's final resting place.
A memorial has been discovered in the London cemetary bearing the name Farrokh Bulsara (Mercury's real name) with the appropriate dates of Mercury's birth and death. Mercury was born on 5 September 1946 and died on 24 November, 1991. He was cremated following his death, with conflicting rumours saying his ashes had been scattered in Zanzibar or Lake Geneva in Switzerland. However, it now seems his remains are instead in the same place as he was cremated.
The London plaque includes an inscription in French, signed with an 'M' - the initial of Mercury's former lover, Mary Austin, who was responsible for his ashes following his death. The plinth on which Mercury's name and the supposed inscription from Austin has been found are used for people who have been spread in the Kensal Green Cemetery Scattering Garden.
Queen, performing live in LA in 1980
Mercury was cremated on 27 November, 1991 after his death from AIDS. The service was attended by just 35 close friends and family, including long time pal Elton John as well as his former Queen bandmates Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon.
The whereabouts of his final resting place were known only to Austin.
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