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| birth_date = January 26, 1947
| birth_place = Oklahoma City, US
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|03|14|1947|01|26}}
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'''Kenneth Kilgore''' (January 26, 1947 – April 14, 2011) was an American [[jazz]] musician, a Minister of Music, and an educator. He founded the Ambassadors' Concert Choir in 1979 and the choir performed with other musicians at multiple events. He won several awards and a bridge in Oklahoma City was named in his honor two years after his death.
==Personal life==
Kennneth Kilgore was born in [[Oklahoma City]] on January 26, 1947, and spent his childhood there. His father Leonard Kilgore died when he was 16 years old and his mother was Lola Peters Kilgore. Kilgore was the youngest child and he is the only child from both of his parents.<ref name="Voices">{{cite web |url=https://www.metrolibrary.org/archives/audio/2021/01/oklahoma-voices-kenneth-kilgore |title=Oklahoma Voices: Kenneth Kilgore |date=November 15, 2007 |
In January 1969, Kilgore began teaching at the mostly white Herald Elementary School in Oklahoma City. At the time, public schools in Oklahoma City were going through racial integration and Kilgore was placed there as the first black teacher. Kilgore attended [[Langston University]] after deciding that he wanted more schooling in the 1990s.<ref name="Voices"/> He received a Master of Education degree at [[Langston University]] in Oklahoma and a Doctorate in Educational Administration from [[Oklahoma State University]].<ref name="News"/>
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==Death and legacy==
Kilgore died on April 14, 2011, due to health complications.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/oklahoman/name/kenneth-kilgore-obituary?id=25175937 |title=Kenneth Kilgore |
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