His long-term assistants Peter Freestone and Joe Fanelli - each received pounds 500,000 as did his final partner Jim Hutton. Freddie left Garden Lodge, then valued at pounds 4 million, and half his fortune to Mary Austin - the one person he never ceased to love. WHY MICHAEL JACKSON GAVE COKE FREAK FREDDIE THE BIG FREEZE Freddie Mercury and Jim Hutton (Image: PH ) Jim continued: "I trained the lens on - he wanted to move back a bit so it wasn't a close-up. Then he posed while I took four pictures, and he managed a In the second act of the film, Freddie Mercury makes a pass at a waiter, Jim Hutton, who puts the singer in his place. The two talk for the rest of the night and Mercury spends the next few years trying to find the only man who made him feel like a real person. This movie meet-cute is not the real story. Jim Hutton shares his most personal memories and anecdotes about the real Freddie Mercury, leader of the British rock group Queen, outside the glare of public life. Filled with never-before-seen photos from Hutton's private collection, it reveals the poignant and amazing story of one of the music industry's most unlikely couples. The voice of Freddie Mercury was not only awe inspiring and enchanting but hugely addictive. The fate decided that Queen will become my most favourite band ever. And it has been that way ever since. I loved Freddie extremely much, not just as a singer but also as a human being. I admired him for his spirit and courage and free mind. Aug 4, 2019 - Explore Sherry Maddix's board "Jim Hutton and Freddie Mercury" on Pinterest. See more ideas about freddie mercury, mercury, queen freddie mercury. Once Queen left the stage, everyone knew they had put on a show no other musician was going to top. Elton John supposedly came to congratulate Freddie Mercury, saying, "You b*stards you stole the show!" In his memoir Mercury and Me, Jim Hutton recalls: When [Freddie] came off he rushed to his trailer and I tottered behind like a puppy. Freddie Mercury and Jim Hutton (left) met in the 1980s, says Vanity Fair. The first time Mercury offered to buy him a drink at the London nightclub called Heaven, Hutton declined. It took another year and a half and another offer of a drink before they connected and started dating. A few years later, Hutton was at his side as Mercury died. Freddie Mercury and partner Jim Hutton (Image: INSTA ) In his will, Freddie left Mary his home and entire fortune, minus bequests to family and other friends and staff. Mercury was famously private, but Hutton shared some of their candid photos in a memoir. The endearing images show the two celebrating holidays, hanging out with friends, and cuddling their cat. Hutton—who was also diagnosed with HIV—died in 2010 from a smoking-related illness. sHgpj.