[OBIT DENVER]FILE–Aspen singer John Denver and Kermit the Frog laugh during the taping of a Muppet Christmas special in Los Angeles in a Nov. 16, 1979, file photo. According to family, Denver, who scored hits with melodic, light folk-pop songs like “Take Me Home, Country Roads” and “Rocky Mountain High,” was killed in a plane crash Sunday night, Oct. 12, 1997, in California. The singer was 53. (AP Photo/File)