But they claim he was disgruntled over how he was fired by the band and needed the money to pay for his treatment for AIDS. Why was paul prenter fired by freddie mercury? 'He and the rest of the band resented how close Paul and Freddie were.'. Not only did they pass away in the same year, but the reasons that led to their untimely demise were also alike. Mon - Sat 7am - 6pm . After spending some time in Belfast and losing all the money, he returned. ', And eldest brother Ray Prenter, 75, a retired head-teacher from Waterford, Ireland, said: 'My parents had total empathy for Paul when they found out he had AIDS. "Villainy," he flippantly jokes. "But Paul had sold all these photos, too, so he had really been caught. 'I've seen the film and I thought it was a bit sleekit [deceitful, slimy] the way Prenter was used as an evil character. Stephen recalls Mercury occasionally coming over to Prenter's small apartment in Brook Green, Hammersmith to hang out and said they would go out together to gay nightclubs like Heaven and Copacabana, later Club 180. Because the rest of the group had families or their own interests, Paul and Freddie's relationship blossomed as they traveled the world together, according to Stephen. Since he was managing Freddy Mercury from London, he was able to anticipate things like artist branding. Eighteen months later he returned to London to work with John Reid who had signed up the revolutionary rock band Queen and became lead singer Freddie Mercury's personal assistant. He was a very gentle and kind guy. !function(e,a,t){var n,r,o,i=a.createElement("canvas"),p=i.getContext&&i.getContext("2d");function s(e,t){var a=String.fromCharCode;p.clearRect(0,0,i.width,i.height),p.fillText(a.apply(this,e),0,0);e=i.toDataURL();return p.clearRect(0,0,i.width,i.height),p.fillText(a.apply(this,t),0,0),e===i.toDataURL()}function c(e){var t=a.createElement("script");t.src=e,t.defer=t.type="text/javascript",a.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(t)}for(o=Array("flag","emoji"),t.supports={everything:!0,everythingExceptFlag:!0},r=0;r