Kenneth L. Darby

(1909-1992) born in Hebron, Thayer County. Composer, music director, arranger, singer, recipient of 1956, 1959, and 1967 Oscars for best scoring of a musical movie and best musical adaptation for the films: "The King and I," "Porgy and Bess," and "Camelot"; recipient of 1959 Grammy Award. Consult Films in Review, Vol 20 (June 1969) 335-356 and Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television, Vol 11 (Gale, 1994) 127-128.

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