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John Denver died at age 53 when the experimental homemade aircraft he was piloting crashed into California's Monterey Bay on October 12, 1997. His death brought a tragic end to a joyful career and humanitarian spirit— but it did not put an end to his legacy.
On October 12, 1997, songwriter, actor and humanitarian John Denver dies when his experimental amateur aircraft crashes into Monterey Bay on the California coast.
An avid pilot, Denver was killed at age 53 in a single-fatality crash while piloting a recently purchased light plane in 1997. Early life.
Oct. 14, 1997 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITERS. PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. — John Denver, the earnest “country boy” who soared to fame in the 1970s with sunny, folksy, just-this-side-of-corny songs...
Denver's single-engine Y-shaped plane crashed Sunday afternoon in the choppy waters just offshore. His body was badly mangled, and his identity was confirmed yesterday with fingerprints sent from...
John Denver died tragically in a plane crash on October 12, 1997. He was survived by his brother Ron, mother Erma and three children, Zak, Anna Kate and Jesse Belle.
John Denver, the earnest “country boy” who soared to fame in the 1970s with sunny, folksy, just-this-side-of-corny songs such as “Rocky Mountain High,” died when an experimental plane he...
John Denver, the earnest "country boy" who soared to fame in the 1970s with sunny, folksy, just-this-side-of-corny songs such as "Rocky Mountain High," died when an experimental plane he...
WASHINGTON — Low fuel, a hard-to-reach handle to switch gas tanks and modifications to his homemade airplane may have figured in the crash that killed singer John Denver last year, federal...
John Denver, the singer and songwriter who was the voice of wholesome sincerity and simple country pleasures in the 1970's, died on Sunday afternoon when a light plane he was piloting...