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Harry Belafonte's son, David Belafonte, is paying tribute to the late entertainment legend and civil rights activist. "It is with a heavy heart that we have said goodbye to our beloved dad, father ...
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.
Harry Belafonte -- the legendary actor, producer, activist and multi-platinum selling singer-songwriter known as the "Calypso King" -- has died of congestive heart failure at his home in New York ...
Belafonte was born on September 8, 1961, at Mount Sinai Hospital [2] in New York City, New York, to Harry Belafonte and his then-wife Julie Robinson Belafonte. [1] As a young child, she visited Africa as well as the West Indies. [3] At age six, Gina Belafonte attended the Ethical Culture School in New York City alongside her brother David. [4]
In 1988–89, Belafonte's children, David and Gina, parodied the song in a commercial about the Oldsmobile Toronado Trofeo. (David was singing "Trofeo" in the same style as "Day-O" in the song). A 1991 Brazilian commercial used a parody of the song to promote their bubble gum brand "Bubbaloo Banana" with lyrics dedicated to the banana-flavoured ...
Harry Belafonte, a transformational figure in American entertainment and activism, died at the age of 96 at home in Manhattan on April 25. The figurehead in popularizing calypso in America in the ...
Malena Belafonte (born Malena Mathiesen) is a former international fashion model turned singer, performer, producer, entrepreneur and creative director. She is the daughter-in-law of singer Harry Belafonte and married to his only son, David Belafonte .
Mel B, Stephen Belafonte. Getty Images (2) Mel B’s ex-husband Stephen Belafonte filed a $5 million defamation lawsuit against the Spice Girls singer in a Florida court on her birthday, Wednesday ...