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29 Years Ago Today, a Tragic Plane Crash Claimed the Life of the Folk-Rock Legend Behind One of America’s Most Iconic Singalong Anthems

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - John Denver performs at the Northrup Auditorium in Minneapolis, Minnesota on October 5, 1991. (Photo by Jim Steinfeldt/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) On this day (October 12) in 1997, singer-songwriter John Denver, 53, died when a small, single-engine plane he was piloting plunged into Monterey Bay near Pacific Grove, California. Songs like “Take Me Home, Country Roads” and “Rocky Mountain High” made Denver one of the best…
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American Songwriter broke the news on Monday, October 12, 2026.
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