The partner of the late Freddie Mercury died on New Year's Day and was laid to rest in Ireland yesterday. Jim Hutton died after a battle with cancer, just three days short of his 61st birthday. He lived with Mercury for the last six years of the singer's life and was present at his bedside when he died in November 1991. Mercury died from broncho-pneumonia induced by AIDS after publicly acknowledging he had the disease the day before his death. Hutton tested positive for HIV in 1990 but didn't tell Mercury for nearly a year. Hutton was buried in his hometown of Carlow, Ireland.
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First published: Saturday, 9th January 2010 - 6:54pm