Harry Belafonte, the Grammy-, Emmy-, Tony-, and honorary Oscar-winning entertainer whose 1956 hit "Banana Boat (Day-O)" brought calypso music into the mainstream, died Tuesday at his home in Manhattan ...

Harry Belafonte has died at the age of 96. Belafonte died Tuesday of congestive heart failure at his New York home, his wife Pamela by his side, said Paula M. Witt, of public relations firm Sunshine ...

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Harry Belafonte died Tuesday at the age of 96. NPR's Michel Martin talks to publisher and author Lavaille Lavette about the legacy of the singer, actor and civil rights activist. Tributes continue for ...

Actors, musicians, activists, politicians and more took to social media to pay tribute to the revolutionary singer, activist and actor who died on Tuesday in Manhattan at 96. By Abbey White Associate ...

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Segregation was rampant, doors were closed and, in 1950s America, the odds of a Black entertainer ascending to the Broadway stage, concert venues and screens large and small seemed impossibly long.

Prolific artist and fearless civil rights activist, Harry Belafonte never minced words when it came to challenging perceptions of race, social justice and pushing humanity to “make the world a little ...

He made calypso music a phenomenon with “Day-O,” received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and a Lifetime Achievement Grammy and batted injustice around the world. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor ...

Award-winning singer, songwriter, actor and activist, Harry Belafonte has died at age 96. The famed entertainer and activist began his career during the 1940s and was heavily involved in the Civil ...

Artist and activist Harry Belafonte has died. Throughout his life, Belafonte used his stature to speak out for human rights. Harry Belafonte has died. He was a singer. He was an actor. He was a human ...

Harry Belafonte, the "King of Calypso" who became one of America's endearing and enduring civil rights activists into his 10th decade, has died. He was 96. Belafonte died Tuesday at his home in New ...