Deacon has often been described as the “quiet” member of the band,[3] and the others said that he was in charge of most of the finances. His last public appearance with the band was at an AIDS charity event in 1997, and his last direct involvement with Queen was with the recording of “No-One But You (Only The Good Die Young)”. According to his friend Robert Ahwai, “John had lost his father when he was quite young. He suffered from depression after Freddie Mercury died and I am not sure he has ever come out of it.”
He lives in Putney in South West London with his wife Veronica Tetzlaff. Tetzlaff was already two months pregnant with their first child when they were married on 18 January 1975.[4] The two have six children: Robert (1975), Michael (1978), Laura (1979), Joshua (1983), Luke (1992), and Cameron (1993).