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If as an environmentalist we are against anything... it is against the arrogance of power and the most obcene ways it shows up, which is in greed.
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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