Freddie Mercury's "secret daughter" dies, aged 48
NME • • entertainment
Key Points:
- The woman known as “B,” who claimed to be the secret daughter of Queen’s Freddie Mercury, has died at age 48 after a long battle with chordoma, a rare spinal cancer, leaving behind two young sons.
- “B” alleged that Mercury maintained a close relationship with her until his death in 1991, even gifting her 17 volumes of his personal journals, claims detailed in the 2023 biography *Love, Freddie* by Lesley-Ann Jones.
- The biography suggested “B” was conceived during an affair in 1976 and implied that Queen songs like ‘Don’t Try So Hard’ and ‘Bijou’ were written about her, though skepticism about her identity persisted among Mercury’s close friends
