Roy Thomas Baker, the prolific producer who worked with the likes of Queen, The Cars, David Bowie, Devo, Journey and The Smashing Pumpkins, is dead..

Roy Thomas Baker, whose work with Queen — including “Bohemian Rhapsody” — the Cars and more made him one of the major producers of his era, has died.

Roy Thomas Baker, the English producer who worked with Queen and The Cars in the 1970s and 1980s, has died. He was 78. No cause of death has been announced.