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Composer (Music Score) Born: January 15, 1912 in Coffeyville, Kansas Death: April 7, 1983 in Princeton, New Jersey Biography:Composer/arranger "Kenyon Hopkins" was one of the busier figures in film and television music from the mid-'50s through the mid-'70s. Although best remembered for his work as music director for the television series "The Odd Couple" and The Brady Bunch, he wrote some vital and important film scores and scored some very serious television programs. Born a minister's son in Coffeyville, KS, Hopkins was raised in Michigan and studied music theory and composition at Oberlin College and Temple University. After graduating in 1933, Hopkins headed for New York City, where he worked as an arranger, spending three years employed by band leader "Paul Whiteman", and also working for such popular instrumental specialists as "Andre Kostelanetz". He'd already begun building a career in radio and theater when military service beckoned, and after a three-year stint in the Coast Guard during World War II, he returned... Full Biography
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