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The Mercury Phoenix Trust is a charity organization that fights AIDS worldwide.
After the death of Freddie Mercury from AIDS-related causes in London in 1991, the remaining members of Queen and Jim Beach, their manager, organized The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness. The profit of which was used to launch The Mercury Phoenix Trust. The organization has been active ever since.
The current Trustees are: Brian May, Jim Beach, Mary Austin (Freddie Mercury's long time friend) and Roger Taylor.
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