(Welcome! Please Subscribe and watch our videos!). Christy Wong examines the life and the crash of music star John Denver, who died on October 12, 1997 when he crash his Rutan Long EZ into the ocean off Monterrey Bay, Pacific Grove, California. #johndenver #johndenverplanecrash

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00:00 Introduction
00:35 Who John Denver Was
01:07 Young John Denver - Growing Up
03:07 First Folk Group The Alpine Trio
03:37 John Denver Goes Solo
04:07 John Denver's Love of Flying
04:59 John Denver Into the 90's
05:28 John Denver Buys the Long EZ
07:41 John Denver Gets Checked Out in the Plane
08:42 The Fateful Day of the Crash
10:23 The Crash
11:21 John Denver's Lost Medical and Alcoholism
13:15 NTSB Report on the John Denver Crash
15:35 Wrap Up