A Christmas Together. Mr. Denver tried his hand at movies as a man who is visited by a cigar-chomping deity in the 1977 George Burns comedy Oh God. He had strong appeal to overseas audiences, with many gold and platinum records in other countries. In 1985, he toured the Soviet Union in the first performances by an American artist since the suspension of cultural exchanges between the United States and the communist power. In 1976, Mr. Denver co-founded the Windstar Foundation, a nonprofit environmental education and research center.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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