John Richard Deacon born 19 August 1951 is an English retired musician best known for being the bass guitarist for the rock band Queen He joined Queen in 1971 on the strength of his musical and electronic skills As well as bass Deacon played some guitar keyboards and piano on Queens studio work After the death of lead singer Freddie Mercury in 1991 and the following years Tribute Concert he performed only sporadically with the remaining members of Queen before retiring from the music industry in 1997 His son Luke appears in Queens biographical film Bohemian Rhapsody 2018 Description above is from the Wikipedia article John Deacon licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia