Many of his friends, including lover Jim Hutton, were given £500,000 each or a house. As the great showman slipped away in November of that year, Mary was by his side, holding his hand and
Jim Hutton tried to get Freddie to buy HIM a ring for his birthday in ’87 when Freddie only wanted to get him a bracelet like he had done other employees and lovers. Jim Hutton tried to coax Freddie into buying him a ring instead, but needless to say, Jim left Cartiers empty handed.Mercury has been gone now for 23 years, yet his legacy as a performer still is unparallelled in rock history as being able to capture an audience in the palm of his hand as he did in this concert. In this book Jim Hutton, Mercury's lover for the last 7 year of his life chronicles his life with the man, the legend and the tragic demise of a Although many commentators described Mercury as a bisexual rock star, others said that he didn’t hide that he was openly gay. Freddie did keep the distance from his partner Hutton in the early years of their relationship, but that changed in the final years of his life – his obituary reads that he was a “self-confessed bisexual”. As Irish hairdresser Jim Hutton later wrote in his book "Mercury and Me," they first met in London's gay nightclub scene in the mid-80s when Hutton was with someone else and didn't recognize How much money did he leave her? In his September 1991 will, Freddie left half of his enormous riches to Mary and the other half to his parents and sister. Most of his acquaintances, including his boyfriend, Jim Hutton received either a house or £500,000 each. When Freddie died at 45, Mary was by his bedside, holding his hand. Freddie Mercury's closest friend was his ex-girlfriend Mary Austin. However, the pair after his sexuality became apparent, and he had a long-term partner in hairdresser Jim Hutton until the end of 6WREsu.