Belafonte biography
Harry Belafonte
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| Birth name | Harold George Bellanfanti Jr. |
| Born | (1927-03-01)March 1, 1927 Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Died | April 25, 2023(2023-04-25) (aged 96) Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1949–2023 |
| Labels | RCA Victor CBS EMI Island |
Harold George "Harry" Belafonte Jr. (originally Belafonete or Bellanfanti; March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023) was an American singer, actor, and activist.
His father was from Martinique; his mother was of Jamaican descent.
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He was a very successful pop singer. Some call him the "King of Calypso," because he popularized this Caribbean musical style in the 1950s. Belafonte is well known for singing the "Banana Boat Song", with the words "Day-O."[1]
He worked for civil rights and humanitarian causes. He criticized the policies of George W.
Bush. He endorsed Barack Obama for President of the United States in 2008 and Bernie Sanders f belafonte biography5 LUX