Whether you are "Leaving on a Jet Plane" or you are seeing "Sunshine on My Shoulders", John Denver's songs will always leave a place in our hearts, more so in a place on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He received the walk's 2,531^st star on Friday, 17 years after his death.

The posthumous unveiling was attended by Denver's son, Zak Deutschendorf, and daughter, Jesse Belle Denver.

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Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr. or known professionally as John Denver could be considered as one of the most iconic acoustic singers of the 1970s. The singer-songwriter recorded about 300 songs and earned twelve gold and four platinum albums with his signature songs "Take Me Home Country Roads", "Annie's Song", "Rocky Mountain High" and "Sunshine on My Shoulders".

Aside from his love for music, he also fancied painting, photography and also an avid golfer and skier. He is a collector of vintage biplanes. He bought a Learjet in 1974 which he used to fly himself to concerts, Christen Eagle aerobatic plane, and two Cessna 210 airplanes. He also bought an experimental amateur-built Rutan Long EZ plane in 1997, the plane that crashed and led to his death on October 12 of the same year. He was 53 that time.

Along with the unveiling was the opening of a Hollywood exhibition of photos called "Sweet Sweet Life: The Photographic Works of John Denver."

John Denver's photos will be displayed at Hollywood's Substrate Gallery for the next month.

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