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Harry Belafonte (/ ˌ b ɛ l ə ˈ f ɒ n t i / BEL-ə-FON-tee; born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023) was an American singer, actor, and civil rights activist who popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s and 1960s.
Apr 25, 2023 · Harry Belafonte, who stormed the pop charts and smashed racial barriers in the 1950s with his highly personal brand of folk music, and who went on to become a dynamic force in the civil rights...
Apr 25, 2023 · Harry Belafonte, the dashing singer, actor and activist who became an indispensable supporter of the civil rights movement, has died, his publicist Ken Sunshine told CNN.
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Apr 25, 2023. Harry Belafonte, the King of Calypso and 2014 recipient of the Academy's Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for a lifetime of activism, died at his home in New York on Tuesday of congestive heart failure. He was 96. Belafonte was born on March 1, 1927 in Harlem to Caribbean immigrants. His mother was from Jamaica, and his father was ...
Apr 25, 2023 · Actor, singer, and activist Harry Belafonte achieved lasting fame for songs such as “The Banana Boat Song (Day-O),” as well as for his humanitarian work.
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Apr 25, 2023 · Harry Belafonte, the singer and actor who smashed racial barriers in the US, has died at home in Manhattan, aged 96. One of the most successful African-American pop stars in history, he scored ...
Apr 25, 2023 · Rolling Stone reports the death of Harry Belafonte, who broke barriers for Black performers in the Fifties and became a prominent figure in the civil rights movement. He was a singer, actor, and activist who fought for social justice and equality until his last days.
