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Woman Presented as Freddie Mercury’s Secret Daughter Dies at 48

Close associates have publicly disputed the paternity claim.

Overview

  • Her husband told the Daily Mail she died peacefully after a long battle with chordoma, a rare spinal cancer.
  • She was introduced to the public in Lesley-Ann Jones’s book Love, Freddie, which described her as Mercury’s child and cited paternity tests.
  • Mary Austin and Queen guitarist Brian May have questioned the story, and no independent public confirmation has been presented.
  • The widower said she leaves two children, aged nine and seven, and that her ashes were scattered in the Alps.
  • The biography links her conception to a 1976 affair with actress Barbara Valentin, a claim reported without universal acceptance.