Harry Belafonte Dead: His Music, Acting & Activism Shaped a Generation
Harry Belafonte died at age 96, IndieWire can confirm.
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Harry Belafonte died at age 96, IndieWire can confirm.
Singer, actor and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte dies at 96. He was the first Black man to win an Emmy and a Tony.
Singer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte, 85, tells Sarfraz Manzoor (The Guardian) about his life and work in music, cinema and fighting for social equality—as chronicled in his new memoir. He also discusses his friendship with Martin Luther King, his relationship with President John F. Kennedy, and the humiliation that led him to become…
He died of congestive heart failure, said his spokesman Ken Sunshine.
Actor, singer, and activist Harry Belafonte, who will go down in history as the first Black Emmy winner, has passed away at the age of 96.