Overview
- Her husband, identified as Thomas, said she died peacefully after years treating a rare spinal cancer known as chordoma, leaving children aged nine and seven, with her ashes scattered in the Alps.
- Public awareness of Bibi’s existence followed Lesley‑Ann Jones’s book Love, Freddie, which presented her as “B” and reported a long private bond with Mercury.
- Jones claims Mercury fathered the child in 1976, left her 17 volumes of personal diaries, and that DNA evidence supports paternity, details widely repeated in press reports.
- Figures close to Mercury, notably Mary Austin, have voiced skepticism about the biography’s claims, and independent public verification has not been produced.
- The family is weighing whether to release photographs of Bibi, including one said to show her with Mercury, while her broader identity remains private.