Belafonte was additionally an activist throughout the civil rights motion.
Harry Belafonte, the actor, activist and singer who popularized the calypso fashion of music together with his well-known track “Day-O (The Banana Boat Track)” has died. He was 96.
Belafonte died Tuesday of congestive coronary heart failure at his house in New York together with his spouse Pamela by his aspect, his rep confirmed to ABC Information.
Singer Harry Belafonte waves to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., proper, as he exits the procession of civil rights activists after strolling with them March 24, 1965 in Montgomery, Alabama.
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