The “Cool Gent” Shares His Story
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The “Cool Gent” Shares His Story
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At 19, Herb Kent kicked off a hall-of-fame career that has lasted over 60 years. Not bad for a guy who was told by his professor, “you’ll never make it in radio because “you’re a Negro.” Kent’s life is detailed in his new autobiography Cool Gent: The Nine Lives of Radio Legend Herb Kent.