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The Earth is our mother just turning around, with her trees in the forest and roots underground. Our father above us whose sigh is the wind, paint us a rainbow without any end.

John Denver

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John Denver
Age: 53 †
Born: 1943
Born: December 31
Died: 1997
Died: October 12
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Roswell
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Henry John Deutschendorf Jr.
John Deutschendorf Jr.
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