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The relationship between Freddie Mercury and Jim Hutton evolved over several months in 1984 and 1985. Even when they first slept together, Hutton had no idea who Mercury was, and, when the star told him his name, it meant nothing to him. Hutton worked as a barber at the Savoy Hotel and retained his job and his lodgings in Sutton, Surrey, for two years after moving in with Mercury, and then worked as his gardener. He was never fully assimilated into Mercury's jet-setting lifestyle, nor did he want to be, but, from 1985 until Mercury's death in 1991, he was closer to him than anyone and knew all Mercury's closest friends: the other members of Queen, Elton John, David Bowie, and Phil Collins, to name a few. Ever present at the countless Sunday lunch gatherings and opulent parties, Hutton has a wealth of anecdotes as well as a deep understanding of Mercury's life. He also nursed Mercury through his terminal illness, often held him throughout the night in his final weeks, and was with him as he died. No one can tell the story of the last few years of Mercury's private life'AEithe ecstasies and the agonies'AEimore accurately or honestly than Jim Hutton.

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Jim Hutton (1950-2010) was a hairdresser when he first met Freddie Mercury and later went on to work as a gardener for the pop star. The seventh of ten children in an Irish Catholic family, he fell in love with Freddie Mercury and began a relationship with the singer just years before his death. His biography, Mercury and Me, reveals intimate moments between him and the lead singer of Queen. Tim Wapshott is a writer and journalist whose work has appeared in newspapers ranging from The Sun to The Sunday Telegraph. He collaborated with Jim Davidson on his autobiography, The Full Monty, and with Freddie Mercury'AEos lover, Jim Hutton, on his book that records the Queen star'AEos last seven years, Mercury and Me. Patrick Moy is an award-nominated actor, voice artist, and writer. The narrator of numerous audiobooks, including Catherine Doyle's award-winning The Storm-Keeper's Island, he has worked for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare's Globe, and the Abbey Theatre. As a writer, he has been twice recognized by the Bridport Prize (2016, shortlisted in poetry; 2018, highly commended in short story). Born in Dublin, he lives in Brighton.

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