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Mark Langthorne

    83 Minutes
    Somebody to Love
    • Somebody to Love

      • 448 páginas
      • 16 horas de lectura

      When Freddie Mercury died in 1991, aged just 45, the world was rocked by the vibrant and flamboyant star's tragic secret that he had been battling AIDS. That Mercury had even been diagnosed came as a shock to his millions of fans, with his announcement coming less than 24-hours before his death.In Somebody to Love, biographers Mark Langthorne and Matt Richards skilfully weave both Freddie Mercury's incredible pursuit of musical greatness with Queen, his upbringing and his endless search for love with the story of a terrible disease that swept across the world in the 1980s, as medical treatment fought to catch up with it despite underfunding, social ignorance and homophobia.

      Somebody to Love2016
      4,2
    • 83 Minutes

      • 426 páginas
      • 15 horas de lectura

      On June 25th, 2009, the world was rocked by the tragic news that Michael Jackson was pronounced dead on arrival at a Los Angeles hospital. He was 50 years old. As the news reverberated around the world, it was accompanied by even more shocking and controversial information--the revelation that Jackson had died in the care of his personal physician, Doctor Conrad Murray, a whole 83 minutes before Murray put in a 911 call. In this comprehensive and truly horrifying account of those crucial minutes--Murray's frantic attempts to cover his tracks and revive his client before the truth could be revealed--are laid bare. This is a compelling, multi-perspective tracking of all who were involved at the scene, and their part to play in the events surrounding Jackson's tragic passing. The cocktail of drugs employed to keep Jackson alive, administered by Murray himself; the harrowing conditions in which this troubled musical genius ended his life, are all described from official court documents.

      83 Minutes2015
      3,9