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Horses are creatures who worship the earth as they gallop on feet of ivory. Constrained by the wonder of dying and birth, the horses still run, they are free.

John Denver

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John Denver
Age: 53 †
Born: 1943
Born: December 31
Died: 1997
Died: October 12
Actor
Aircraft Pilot
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Roswell
New Mexico
Henry John Deutschendorf Jr.
John Deutschendorf Jr.
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Gallop
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Ivory
Free
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Earth
Creatures
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Birth

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