As the renowned Queen guitarist turns 76 today, Brian May has accomplished a new feat.
The performer’s struggles outside of the music industry include his most recent health issues.
The rock star first admitted that he tore his buttock muscles while gardening back in May 2020.
But the celebrity at the time had no idea that this muscle damage was just the beginning of his medical issues.
The singer of Bohemian Rhapsody said he was “very near death” after being admitted to the hospital.
Although his heart attack and blocked arteries were being treated, the guitarist experienced side effects from the medication he was taking.
Brian stated: “It is a long climb back,” in an interview with The Times. The medications I take have caused complications for me, one of which was a stomach explosion that almost killed me.
“I’m not sure which is worse: the discomfort or the painkillers. “.
With the help of his wife Anita Dobson, Brian has fortunately recovered completely.
The musician had already been married once, to Christine Mullen, and they had three children together before entering into a second marriage.
Before Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of Queen, passed away in 1988, Brian and Christine divorced.
The guitarist acknowledged that since he and Anita had first met in 1986, they had already met before their marriage had ended.
Anita admitted that while she wasn’t proud of being “the scarlet woman” behind his wife’s back, everything turned out for the best during a joint appearance on Loose Women in 2015.
We’ve been dating since 1986, albeit sporadically, but we later got married, and it’s been wonderful, the adoring father said. ”.
There was a slight overlap, [I’m] a scarlet woman, not that I’m proud of it, Anita continued. ”.
“That’s another thing that’s kind of taboo, but it happens and it’s an inevitable process that everyone resists; I did, I tried to. “, said Brian.
On November 18, the couple will commemorate their 23rd wedding anniversary since exchanging vows in the year 2000.
The death of Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of Queen, from an AIDS-related illness in his Kensington home in November 1991 dealt Brian another devastating blow.
The rocker opened up about his emotional struggles in producing the final Queen album and how he and the band dealt with the singer’s untimely passing.
At the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, where his album launch was held last year, Brian took part in a Q&A.
He explained: “I had to experience it. If it’s possible to say that about Roger and me, we both, I believe, completely overreacted to Freddie’s passing.
In other words, we strayed so far from the path of forgetting that we became so overcome with grief that we temporarily denied Queen’s existence. Without a doubt, I did. ”.
