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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
Composer
Film Actor
Guitarist
Lyricist
Musician
Poet
Record Producer
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Roswell
New Mexico
Henry John Deutschendorf Jr.
John Deutschendorf Jr.
Dying
Gallop
Feet
Constrained
Wonder
Ivory
Free
Horses
Running
Horse
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Worship
Earth
Creatures
Still
Birth

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