Harry Belafonte
(1927-2023)
American singer, actor and civil rights activist
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Harry Belafonte (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 million-selling LP by a single artist.
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Harold George Bellanfanti Jr. 1 March 1927 Lying-in Hospital, Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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25 April 2023 (aged 96) Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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| Zodiac | Pisces |
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Shari Lynn Belafonte 2nd child with Julie Robinson Female b. 22 Sep 1954 · Age: 70 · 1954- · American actor
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Katherine Dunham · Friend · 1910-2006 · American dancer, choreographer, songwriter, actress and activist (1909/1912-2006)
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