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Woman Claiming to Be Freddie Mercury’s Secret Daughter Dies at Forty-Eight After Rare Cancer Battle

Her death revives unresolved questions around a private family claim that has never been publicly substantiated with disclosed documentary or genetic proof.
A woman who claimed to be the secret daughter of Freddie Mercury has died at the age of forty-eight after a prolonged battle with chordoma, a rare form of bone cancer that can affect the spine and skull.

The woman’s identity has not been publicly disclosed.

She was widely referred to only by an initial and a family nickname, and her relatives have continued to keep her name private.

She is survived by her husband, Thomas, and two young sons.

Her claim to be Mercury’s child entered public discussion in connection with a biography that described her as the recipient of personal journals said to have been written by the late Queen frontman.

The account asserted that she was born in the mid-nineteen-seventies following a relationship Mercury allegedly had with the wife of a close friend, and that Mercury maintained a close bond with the child until his death in nineteen ninety-one.

Those claims have remained contested.

No publicly released DNA documentation has verified paternity, and key figures from Mercury’s life have disputed core elements of the story, including whether he kept extensive journals.

According to the family account shared after her death, she died peacefully after a long illness, and her ashes were scattered in the Alps.

Her relatives have indicated they may release photographs of her with Mercury.

The episode closes one life but leaves the central question of identity and proof unresolved.
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