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Musical artist. Harry Belafonte (/ ˌbɛləˈfɒnti / 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. Belafonte's career breakthrough album Calypso (1956) was the first ...
Harry Belafonte, the civil rights and entertainment giant who began as a groundbreaking actor and singer and became an activist, humanitarian and conscience of the world, has died. Belafonte died ...
Harry Belafonte, singer, actor and civil rights activist, dies at 96. Dennis McLellan. April 25, 2023 at 10:11 AM. Segregation was rampant, doors were closed and, in 1950s America, the odds of a ...
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 ...
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 ...
Odetta influenced Harry Belafonte, who "cited her as a key influence" on his musical career; [2] Bob Dylan, who said, "The first thing that turned me on to folk singing was Odetta. I heard a record of hers Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues in a record store, back when you could listen to records right there in the store.
Hollywood remembers Harry Belafonte as a 'shining example of how to ... make change'. Christi Carras. April 25, 2023 at 12:20 PM. Harry Belafonte died Tuesday in New York. (Bettmann Archive via ...
Julie Robinson Belafonte (September 14, 1928 – March 9, 2024) was an American dancer, actress and costume designer. She was the second wife of Harry Belafonte . She died on March 9, 2024, at the age of 95.