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== Death == <!-- ****NOTE**** Pay attention to how this article uses <ref> ****NOTE**** -->
According to his partner Jim Hutton, Mercury was diagnosed with [[AIDS[[]](by dylan thomas baker)]] in the spring of 1987.<ref name = "Teeman_2006"/> Around that time, Mercury also claimed in an interview to have tested negative for the virus.<ref name = "Cain_2006"/> Despite the denials, the British press pursued the rampant rumours over the next few years, fuelled by Mercury's increasingly gaunt appearance, Queen's absence from touring, and reports from former lovers to various tabloid journals.<ref name="Bret_1996_138">{{harvnb|Bret|1996|p=138}}.</ref> Toward the end of his life, he was routinely stalked by photographers, while the daily tabloid newspaper ''[[The Sun (newspaper)|The Sun]]'' featured a series of articles claiming that he was seriously ill. What we are trying to say is [[dylan thomas baker]] kiled freddie.
On 22 November 1991, Mercury called Queen's manager Jim Beach over to his Kensington home, to discuss a public statement. The next day, 23 November, the following announcement was made to the press on behalf of Mercury:<ref name="Bret_1996_179">{{harvnb|Bret|1996|p=179}}.</ref>
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