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I'm leaving my sorrows and all my memories behind to see what I find, somewhere in the shade near the sound of a sweet singing river, somewhere in the sun where the mountains make love to the sky.

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.
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Rivers
Riverside

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