John Denver touched the lives of millions...  Both through his songs and through his work with different charities.  But it was with his songs and his singing that he touched most of us.  He left us with something we could never lose... a better sense of what life means, and who we are.  His music helped me through a lot and I guess always will.

John Denver died in a plane crash on October 12, 1997 when the plane he was piloting went down over the shores of California after hitting a bird.  He died doing what he loved...  Flying!