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Kenneth Spencer | |
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Birth name | Kenneth Lee Spencer |
Born | Los Angeles, California | April 25, 1913
Died | February 25, 1964 Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana | (aged 50)
Genres | Opera, musical, folk, gospel |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Years active | 1930s–1964 |
Website | kennethspencer |
Kenneth Spencer (25 April 1913 [1][2][3] – 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.