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He was born in Roswell, New Mexico the son of Henry John "Dutch" Deutschendorf, who was an air force pilot and Erma Swope Deutschendorf.
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He also tried his hand at acting, appearing in the film Oh God! and the television movie Foxfire.
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He joins the folk group called the Mitchell Trio to replace Chad Mitchell who left for a career in broadway.
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John Denver won the Entertainer of the Year at the Country Music Association award ceremony.
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He formed the Windstar Foundation to help the Wildlife Preservation.
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John Denver appeared as a guest star, along with Olivia Newton-John, who made a cameo appearance, on The Carpenters Very First Special, a one-hour TV special broadcast on the ABC television network.
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In 1983 and 1984, Denver hosted the annual Grammy Awards.
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Roone Arledge, president of ABC Sports, asked Denver to compose and sing the theme song for the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. Denver worked as both a performer and a skiing commentator.
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For Earth Day, Denver was the on-camera narrator of a well-received environmental TV program, In Partnership With Earth.
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Denver was killed when his experimental plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean near California's Monterey Bay.
