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John Denver
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Who Was John Denver?
After dropping out of college, John Denver traveled to New York City and began his music career. Peter, Paul and Mary recorded his "Leaving on a Jet Plane" in and his, "Rocky Mountain High," became an official song of the state of Colorado.
Denver was an activist for environmental causes and founded the World Hunger Project. A longtime aviator, he died in a plane crash in
Early Career
Singer-songwriter John Denver was born Henry John Deutschendorf Jr., on December 31, , in Roswell, New Mexico, to parents Henry John and Erma.
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As a teenager, Denver received his first guitar, a Gibson acoustic, as a gift from his grandmother. He attended Texas Technological College (now Texas Tech University) from , but dropped out before completing his studies.
In , after traveling to New York City and successfully auditioning for the Chad Mitchell Trio, he began performing with the group until
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