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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.
Singer, actor, producer and activist Harry Belafonte, who spawned a calypso craze in the U.S. with his music and blazed new trails for African American performers, died Tuesday of congestive heart ...
Belafonte presented the film as the Closing Night selection of Maryland Film Festival 2011. The film advanced to the final 15 contenders for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature [7] but was not nominated. On January 10, 2012, REACT to FILM screened Sing Your Song at the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan, NY, and moderated a Q&A with ...
Singer, actor and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte dies at 96. He was the first Black man to win an Emmy and a Tony. Harry Belafonte, singer, actor and civil rights activist, dies at 96
Harry Belafonte, a calypso-popularizing music legend and tireless civil rights activist, died at 96 of congestive heart failure today (April 25) at his Manhattan home. Belafonte was the world’s ...
At the height of his illustrious entertainment career, which spanned more than 70 years, Harry Belafonte risked it all for the good of Black people.
Paradise in Gazankulu is an album by Harry Belafonte, released by EMI Records in 1988. [3] It was his final studio album, prior to his death in 2023. The album deals with the plight of black South Africans under the Apartheid system. [4] The album was re-released as an official mp3 download in the U.K., in 2010.
Harry Belafonte, a singer and civil-rights activist who made frequent television appearances throughout his long career, died Tuesday of congestive heart failure at his home in New York City.