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Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) a British musician [snip] was of Parsi descent and grew up in India, has been referred to as “Britain’s first Asian rock star.”
Mercury was born on the island of Zanzibar, off the coast of Tanzania. His parents, Bomi and Jer Bulsara, were Parsis from the Gujarati region of the then province of Bombay Presidency in British India. The family surname is derived from the town of Bulsar (also known asValsad) in southern Gujarat. As Parsis, the family practiced the Zoroastrian religion. The family had moved to Zanzibar in order for his father to continue his job as a cashier at the British Colonial Office. He had one younger sister, Kashmira.