High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Walter Kent (November 29, 1911 - March 2, 1994) was a JewishAmerican composer who wrote the music for songs including the Christmas standard "I`ll Be Home for Christmas", and the wartime hit "(There`ll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover", co-written with fellow American Nat Burton. He died at the age of 82