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Harry Belafonte
(1927-2023)
American singer and actor
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Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023) was an American singer, activist, and actor. As arguably the most successful Caribbean-American pop star, he popularized Jamaican mento folk songs which was marketed as Trinbagonian Calypso musical style with an international audience in the 1950s. His breakthrough album Calypso (1956) was the first million-selling LP by a single artist.

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Born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.
1 March 1927
Lying-in Hospital, Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Died
25 April 2023 (aged 96)
Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Zodiac Pisces
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