London street named after Queen’s Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury Close is in the suburb where the singer lived as a teenager

Published: February 25, 2020 10:00 Reuters

190621 Freddie Mercury — Freddie Mercury Image Credit: AP

A street in the London suburb where Freddie Mercury lived as a teenager was renamed Freddie Mercury Close on Monday at a ceremony attended by the late Queen frontman’s sister.

Freddie Mercury2-1582610437582 — Kashmira Bulsara, sister of the late singer Freddie Mercury, and Mayor of Hounslow Tony Louki unveil a new sign during a ceremony to rename a street in Feltham "Freddie Mercury Close", in Greater London, Britain February 24, 2020. Image Credit: REUTERS

Their family moved to Feltham in west London after fleeing the revolution in Zanzibar in 1964.

Local authorities agreed to rename part of Hanworth Road — the address of the headquarters of the World Zoroastrian Organisation. Mercury was born a Zoroastrian and practised the ancient religion as a child.

Freddie Mercury-1582610440928 — The unveiled sign to rename a street in Feltham "Freddie Mercury Close" is seen in Greater London, Britain, February 24, 2020. Image Credit: REUTERS

The family actually lived a short walk away at 22 Gladstone Avenue. That site was marked with a blue plaque in 2016.

Mercury died in 1991 aged 45 due to complications from Aids.

The Mercury Phoenix Trust, a charity set up after his death, supports projects fighting HIV and Aids worldwide.

Kashmira Bulsara, sister of the late singer Freddie Mercury and Mayor of Hounslow Tony Louki gather under the unveiled sign during a ceremony to rename a street in Feltham "Freddie Mercury Close", in Greater London, Britain February 24, 2020. Image Credit: REUTERS

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