Freddie Mercury To Be Honored By West London

Insync

oi-Staff

Thursday, November 26, 2009, 9:56

The British Indian singer and 'frontman' of the rock band 'Queen', Freddie Mercury will soon be honoured by the people of Feltham in west London, where he spent a part of his early life. Born in 1946, he died at an early age of 45.

The residents will pay respect to the iconic singer with a commemorative pavement star.

Mercury was a Parsi and grew up in India has been referred to as Britain's first Asian rock star. Born in Farrokh Bulsara, a small island in Zanzibar, off the Tanzania coast, at the age of 17 moved to West London.

His mother has revealed that he had written many songs in his house in London. She said: he used to write some of the songs and tuck them under the pillow before going to college.

"When I used to ask him, not to put rubbish underneath or I'll throw it away, he always said that don't throw it away, Mum, its very important," recalled his mother.