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William Warfield
William Warfield
American concert bass-baritone singer and actor (1920-2002)
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Oscar Hammerstein II
Oscar Hammerstein II
American librettist, lyricist, theatrical producer, and (usually uncredited) theatre director of musicals
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Barbara Cook
Barbara Cook
American actress and singer (1927-2017)
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Josh White
Josh White
American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor, and civil rights activist (1914-1969)
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Darlene Love
Darlene Love
American musician
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Will Holt
Will Holt
American singer, songwriter, librettist and lyricist
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Lea Salonga
Lea Salonga
Filipina singer
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Dean Pitchford
Dean Pitchford
American songwriter, screenwriter, director, actor, and novelist
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Fred Ebb
Fred Ebb
American musical theatre composer
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Rodgers and Hammerstein
Rodgers and Hammerstein
American songwriting team
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Kristin Chenoweth
Kristin Chenoweth
American actress, singer and author
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Ivor Emmanuel
Ivor Emmanuel
British actor and singer (1927-2007)
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Al Jolson
Al Jolson
American entertainer, actor, and singer (1886-1950)
Kenneth Lee Spencer
American opera singer (1913-1964)

Kenneth Lee Spencer

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American opera singer (1913-1964)
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Kenneth Spencer (25 April 1913 – 25 February 1964), was an American operatic singer and actor. Spencer starred in a few Broadway musicals and musical films in the United States during the 1940s. Frustrated with the racial prejudice he experienced in the United States as a black man, Spencer moved to West Germany in 1950 where he had a successful singing career. He also appeared in a number of German films. His career was cut short when he died in the crash of Eastern Air Lines Flight 304.