Inside the house, his Art Deco collection is still on display. He loved jade figurines and Japanese screens. But he also kept a goldfish bowl with a rubber fish that moved when you tapped the glass. The man had impeccable taste—and a sense of play.
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Neighbors say he would wave from his window while eating a bowl of cereal in his robe. One local remembers him helping a lost dog find its owner. Freddie Mercury, dog-rescuer. That’s the headline we didn’t know we needed.
And the party life? He once bought a life-sized cardboard cutout of himself and left it in the living room to scare party guests. You don’t have to be a Queen fan to love that level of cheekiness.
