FREDDIE MERCURY spent his final years with Jim Hutton but many believe May Austin was the real love of his life. Freddie Mercury with Jim Hutton at his 40th Birthday hat Partner Stories Jim Hutton, who was Freddie’s partner at the time, stats that he was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in 1987. This image, which is the worst that was found at the time, claimed to show how “sick” Freddie was. "Bohemian Rhapsody" barely addresses Freddie Mercury's Indian Parsi roots and his parents' Zoroastrian faith. very little screen time to his longtime and final partner, Jim Hutton As the years went by, Queen become one of the most famous bands in the world and despite Freddie Mercury falling in love with partner Jim Hutton, Mary was a constant in his life. Mary Austin was never far from the star's side and even after his death she was one of the only people he trusted with his affairs (pictured, handwritten lyrics up for His former partner, Jim Hutton, spoke about Freddie’s reaction to the betrayal in his book, Mercury and Me. He wrote: "On May 4, Freddie was devastated by another story about him in the Sun. kWtCsW.