Interesting info, considering your story, Linmo:
"In 1993, Denver pleaded guilty to a drunken driving charge and was placed on probation.
[50] In August 1994, while still on probation, he was again charged with misdemeanor driving under the influence after crashing his Porsche into a tree in Aspen.
[50] Though a July 1997 trial resulted in a
hung jury on the second DUI charge, prosecutors later decided to reopen the case, which was closed only after Denver's accidental death in October 1997.
[50][52] In 1996, the
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) decided that Denver could no longer fly a plane, owing to medical disqualification for failure to abstain from
alcohol, a condition that the FAA had imposed in October 1995 after his prior drunk-driving conviction.
Denver was not legally permitted to fly at the time of the crash. In previous years, he had several arrests for
drunk driving.
[63] In 1996, nearly a year before the accident, the FAA learned that Denver had failed to maintain sobriety by not refraining entirely from
alcohol and revoked his medical certification.
[53][54] The accident was not influenced by alcohol use; an autopsy found no sign of alcohol or other drugs in Denver's body.
[53]
Post-accident investigation by the
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) showed that the leading cause of the accident was Denver's inability to switch fuel tanks during flight."
Wow - I didn't know he had his own Lear Jet and flew several other aircraft.