The family said that Paul was openly gay from when he was a young boy of 16 years. In fact, he even dated other men but was not Mercury's type. What's more, his family had always been supportive of his choices. The truth about what happened to Paul Prenter and his friend Freddie Mercury will remain a mystery to many. Freddie Mercury with Jim Hutton backstage at Live Aid (Image: GETTY) Of course, it was all done with Freddie's usual irrepressible sense of fun and playfulness. Jim Hutton, born in 1949 died in 2010, nearly 20 years after the death of his partner Freddie Mercury. The Irish man died on the 1st January, just three days before what would have been his 61st birthday He died at the age of 60 from lung cancer. Before he died he wrote a memoir on his relationship with Freddie, called Mercury and Me and Jim Hutton would have been 71 years old today. He died on New Years Day 2010 but although he too contracted HIV like Freddie, the breakthroughs in medicine came in time to save his life and he Is Freddie Mercury’s partner, Jim Hutton, still alive? Following his relocation to Ireland, Hutton poured his grief into a memoir titled Mercury and Me. He detailed his time with the famous singer and opened up about his own experiences through the relationship. The following day, Mercury passed away from complications brought on by the disease. He was 45 years old. “Freddie Mercury was one of the first high-profile stars to die from the disease, and his story and the story of AIDS are, to some extent, inextricably linked,” Langthorne says. However, Mercury’s death did not mean the end of an era. wNeLD. He lived at the star's West Kensington home, One Garden Lodge, along with Freddie's partner Jim Hutton and his former partner (and chef) Joe Fanelli. Ex-girlfriend Mary Hutton was also there every day along with Freddie’s trusted friend and fellow rock star Dave Clarke, of the Dave Clarke Five. Peter said: “I would sit on the bed holding Mercury considered Mary Austin as his common-law wife, although he soon accepted his sexuality and spent the last years of his life with Jim Hutton. The former hairdresser and Mercury's other Freddie Mercury's former girlfriend and lifelong friend Mary Austin inherited the star's millions when he passed away from Aids. She has described the stress and turmoil that it has caused her. Peter Freestone was Freddie's friend and PA for the last 13 years of his life. He looked after Freddie along with Freddie' partner Jim Hutton and Freddie ex Joe Fanelli who also lived at the mansion. “To me, the most autobiographical line was, ‘My makeup may be flaking, but my smile still stays on,’" Jim Hutton, Mercury’s longtime partner, admitted to The Guardian in 1994, noting that

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