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Now regarded as a gay icon, Farrokh Bulsara, more widely known as Freddie Mercury mostly kept his sexuality and relationships secret. Maybe that's why when you look at these candid photos of the famous singer and his last boyfriend Jim Hutton, you can't help but feel a sense of intimacy that reveals the real beauty of the gay couple's love.

The Queen vocalist began seeing hairdresser Jim Hutton in the mid-1980s, but the start of their relationship was rocky. Freddie approached Jim on two different occasions at a club, and both could be considered unsuccessful. It wasn't until the two met a third time at the same club (about two years after the initial chat) that Mercury's persistence won Hutton over and the two got together.

im moved into Garden Lodge with Freddie about two years later and stayed together until the artist's death in 1991. Once diagnosed with AIDS, Mercury even offered his partner an exit on their relationship, but he declined. "I love you, Freddie," Jim recalled his own words in a documentary. "I'm not going anywhere." And he didn't - Hutton nursed the love of his life and was there when Freddie released his last breath.

Scroll down for the heartwarming photos of a genuine relationship between the famous musician and the love of his life below.

(h/t: vintageeveryday)

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The only triggering thing in those pics is the same mustache on both of them X)

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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love this one....what an amazing person....I will always miss him

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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What a stupid insensitive thing to say, Nigel Brown. Do you shame cancer victims and diabetics too?

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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Freddy always said that even though he was gay he could never Love a man like he Loved Mary Austin and he considered Mary his common law Wife ,leaving the bulk of his Estate to Mary including his home and all future royalties to come.... Jim passed awysin2001.

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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He looked good in jeans. He looked good white pants and yellow jackets. He looked good in women's clothes. And he looked good in pressed pants. You were the real king of rock, Freddie. King & Queen!

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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He's just looking at the camera and you can tell he is thinking "I just love this sh*t, I am soooooooo lucky to be here now." I wish he still was...

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