I went to the Dakota/Strawberry Fields four weeks ago to pay my respects. It was a strange and quite upsetting experience being there but I'd been wanting to go for years. My all time hero.
They named the airport in Liverpool after him, because that was the first place he headed for when he got his first royalty cheque (according to Sean Hughes).
Some very uptight (everything is alright?)people on this thread. I don't see how it's disrespectful to mention Freddie Mercury in the same breath of even thread as John Lennon. FFS, get over yourself.