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* In spite of his larger-than-life stage presence, [[Freddie Mercury]] was somewhat more introverted when he wasn't performing. Combined with an aversion to interacting with the media (a result of experiences in Queen's very early career when they were regularly slated in the music press), he stayed out of the public eye when he could. When he contracted AIDS, this tendency increased, to the point where he only revealed that he was sick one day before bronchio-pneumonia brought on by the disease killed him. In addition, Queen's bassist John Deacon has almost completely retreated from the music industry and public life in general since 1997; every so often photographs of him appear, but they're few and far between.

* Several [[Vocaloid]] artists, to the point where occasionally a producer revealing his/her gender (such as OSTER project being female) can spark [[Samus Is a Girl]]-type reactions.

* Not exactly an artist, but when chess legend [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Fischer Bobby Fischer] became World Champion at age 29 in 1972, he basically retired from chess and from the public eye for the next 20 years, living a reclusive life until an anniversary rematch against old foe Boris Spassky in 1992.

* Leo Tolstoy was notoriously impossible to interview and hated dealing with the public. He was especially wary of the new invention of the Movie Camera in the early 20th century. Reporters would hide out and try to ambush him. One such reporter, much like the others, hid out for 3 days waiting to ambush him on the way home with his family. Instead of succeeding he accidentally broke his film camera which literally brought him to tears. Taking pity on the man Tolstoy helped him take his camera to a blacksmith shop to repair it after which he agreed to being filmed. This started a relationship of the only man ever allowed to film Tolstoy.

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