Harry Belafonte: Remembering the Legacy of a Singer, Actor, and Activist

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Harry Belafonte, a singer, actor, and civil rights activist, passed away at the age of 96.

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He was famous for his global hits such as Day-O (The Banana Boat Song), and won a Tony award for acting, besides appearing in many feature films.

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Born in 1927 in Harlem, New York, he spent eight years of his childhood in Jamaica.

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Apart from his artistic achievements, he was a strong advocate for civil rights for Black Americans, poverty, apartheid, and Aids in Africa.

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Belafonte paid for his acting classes by singing folk, pop, and jazz numbers at New York club gigs. He released 30 studio albums, including Calypso, the first album to sell over a million copies in the US.

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Martin Luther King Jr and Paul Robeson were his mentors, and he was a lifetime activist.

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