John Deacon
British musician, bassist and songwriter (born 1951)
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Born 1951 · age 75United Kingdom
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Updated 2026-05-29
Queen's bassist who quietly wrote some of their biggest hits—"Another One Bites the Dust," "You're My Best Friend"—then walked away from music entirely in the '90s and stayed gone.
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John Richard Deacon is an English retired musician who was the bass guitarist for the rock band Queen. He wrote several songs for the group, including Top 10 hits "You're My Best Friend", "Another One Bites the Dust" and "I Want to Break Free"; and co-wrote "Under Pressure", "Friends Will Be Friends" and "One Vision".
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Historical24.2
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
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