For all of John Denver’s claims to fame — he was one of the vital widespread singer-songwriters of the Nineteen Seventies, in addition to an actor, an activist, and even a snowboarding commentator — he stated it was fatherhood that was most vital to him.
“At instances I’ve bought a extremely huge ego. However I’ll inform you the perfect factor about me. I’m some man’s dad; I’m some little gal’s dad,” he informed Folks in 1979, getting misty-eyed. “After I die, if they are saying I used to be Annie’s husband and Zachary John and Anna Kate’s father, boy, that’s sufficient for me to be remembered by. That’s greater than sufficient.”