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We now have tragic information to report from the world of music at present.
The girl who claimed to be the key daughter of the late rock legend Freddie Mercury has handed away.
Her demise comes simply months after creator Lesley Ann Jones revealed her existence within the tell-all ebook entitled Love, Freddie.
Little or no is thought concerning the girl, besides that she was 48 years outdated and Mercury referred to her as “Bibi,” in response to a brand new report from The Each day Mail.
She reportedly handed away after battling a uncommon type of spinal most cancers.
The Mail studies that along with “Bibi,” Mercury referred to his daughter as “trésor” — which is French for “treasure” — and as his “little froggie.”
Her actual identify stays unknown.
The Queen songs “Bijou” and “Don’t Attempt So Arduous” had been reportedly written about Bibi.
She claimed that she and Mercury maintained a detailed relationship till his demise in 1991.
Her passing was revealed by her widower, a person named Thomas, who knowledgeable the Mail that she had died “peacefully after a protracted battle with chordoma, a uncommon spinal most cancers, leaving two sons aged 9 and 7.”
“B is now along with her beloved and loving father on the planet of ideas. Her ashes had been scattered to the wind over the Alps,” he instructed the outlet.
Jones — the creator with whom Bibi collaborated on Love, Freddie — additionally issued a press release about her passing.
“I’m devastated by the lack of this girl who grew to become my shut buddy, who had come to me with a selfless intention: to brush apart all those that have had free rein with Freddie’s story for 32 years, to problem their lies and their rewriting of his life, and to ship the reality,” Jones instructed the Mail, including:
“On the finish of her life, it was all that mattered to her. She was very unwell all through the 4 years that we labored collectively. However she was on a mission. She put herself and her personal wants final.”
In accordance with Jones’ ebook, Mercury fathered Bibi with a married buddy, and he stored her existence a secret for the rest of his life.
Jones says the ebook relies on 17 volumes of Mercury’s non-public journals, which got to her by Bibi.
“She had learn my 2021 ebook about Freddie, Love of My Life,” Jones defined, including:
“She emailed me to say that I had come nearer to the actual Freddie in that ebook than any earlier author or filmmaker — she significantly loathed Queen’s movie Bohemian Rhapsody — however that there have been ‘nonetheless some issues I ought to know.’
“We labored collectively for 4 years to get the ebook written and revealed — on borrowed time.”
On the time that Jones’ ebook was revealed, Mercury’s former fiancée Mary Austin gave an interview during which she acknowledged that she could be “astonished” to be taught that Mercury had a secret daughter.
We can have additional updates on this growing story as new data turns into accessible.