The English record producer Roy Thomas Baker died at his home in Lake Havasu City, Arizona on Saturday. He was 78.
Baker began working at Decca at age 14 and flourished in the early 1970s with Queen.
He went on to become head of A&R at Elektra, working with Lindsey Buckingham, Mötley Crüe, Joe Lynn Turner, Josie Cotton, Ozzy Osbourne and The Stranglers.
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