While not a member of the band,
Queen would not have been the same without the late
Jim Hutton.
As Freddie Mercury's longtime partner,
no one knew the singer better than Hutton.
As told to The Times of London,
Mercury first met the Irish gentleman in 1985 in a
London club.
At the time, Hutton was taken,
but their lives would again cross paths a few years
later.
This time, the relationship took off.
Mercury and Hutton were inseparable from then on and dedicated
to one another.
Hutton stayed by Mercury side as he battled AIDS and
was there when Mercury passed in 1991.
Jim Hudson even wrote a book following the singers death
titled Mercury and Me.
Hutton, like mercury, was afflicted with HIV and would pass
away from lung cancer in 2010.
May the pair rest in peace.