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John Richard Deacon (born 19 August 1951) is a retired English multi-instrumentalist and song writer, best known as the bassist for the rock band Queen. Of the four members of the band, he was the last to join and also the youngest, being only 19 years old when he was recruited by the other members of the band. Deacon wrote a number of Queen's hit singles, including "You're My Best Friend", "Spread Your Wings", "Back Chat", "I Want to Break Free", and the band's biggest selling single in the United States, "Another One Bites the Dust", as well as a number of album tracks. He also played electric and acoustic guitars on several albums and, to a lesser extent, keyboards, synthesizers, programming and drums. He occasionally provided backing vocals during live shows.
Following The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992, Deacon's sole performance with the remaining members of Queen was a one-off rendition of "The Show Must Go On" in 1997 with Mercury's friend Elton John (who had sung the track with the band at Mercury's tribute). He contributed to the final Queen song, "No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)" – released that year on the Queen Rocks compilation – after which he retired from the music industry. 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.
Actors: John Cleary (actor), Heidi Rhodes (actress), Lou Fuoco (actor), Sean O'Connor (editor), Sean O'Connor (actor), Sean O'Connor (writer), Sean O'Connor (director), Paul Medico (writer), Paul Medico (actor), Paul Medico (director), Paul Medico (editor), Erin Patricia (actress), Dave Damon (actor), Susan G. Margiloff (actress), Sean Landergan (actor),
Plot: On July 8th, 2007, April Deacon placed a want ad on craigslist asking for help in making a documentary about her father's highly publicized and heavily scrutinized release from prison. April felt that the media was treating her father unfairly and wanted to take some action to clear her innocent father's name. April and her brother Aden had already begun shooting some introductory scenes with her own Panionic handi-cam. A few of these scenes were included in the film's final cut and act as an introduction to her father's story. Within a few days, a small production crew (82Films) took on her project. Paul Medico and Sean O'Connor served as directors and Amanda McGrady as producer. April also joined as producer and general consultant. The crew shot on two Canon XH-A1 High Definition cameras. Principal photography took place over four weeks from July 10th- August 7th (including April original footage). Filming took place in and around Greater Boston.
Keywords: arson, fake-documentary, flashover, mockumentary, prison