BREAKING: Actor, Activist, and Singer Harry Belafonte Has Died at 96
Lead Editor Bianca Gregg reports on the passing of a legend
Published in
Apr 25, 2023
Ground-breaker and Civil Rights activist, Harry Belafonte, passed away at the age of 96 from congestive heart failure.
Belafonte was a Grammy, Emmy and Tony Award-winning performer. He starred in the films, ‘Carmen Jones,’ ‘Island in the Sun’ and ‘Uptown Saturday Night.’ He was also known has the ‘King of Calpyso’ because he helped popularize calypso music.
Belafonte became one of the faces of the civil rights movement in the late 1950s. He was an outspoken activist and close friend to Martin Luther King Jr.
He leaves behind his wife Pamela Frank and his four children.
