Timeline Friday 31 December 1943

Events on Friday 31 December 1943 2

• 1938 – 1943 New York Childhood Grew up in Washington Heights, Manhattan, attending George Washington High School. Despite excelling academically, he initially worked in a shaving brush factory.
• 1943 – 1997 John Denver (1943-1997) Died 12 October 1997, aged 53 John Denver was an American singer-songwriter known for hits including Take Me Home, Country Roads and Rocky Mountain High. He died when the experimental aircraft he was piloting crashed into the Pacific Ocean near Monterey, California. He had sold tens of millions of records over his career.