He chose not to participate with guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor in the Queen + Paul Rodgers collaboration, but did give them his support. Deacon was also absent from Queen's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001. John Deacon grew up in Oadby with father Arthur, mother Lilian and younger sister Julie. His father worked for the Norwich Union insurance company, but died of a heart attack in 1962, when John was eleven.
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