The award-winning singer and actor whose career spanned decades turned his fame and fortune to the causes of racial inequality and human rights. Via NITV
Honoree Harry Belafonte accepts the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award onstage during the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences' 2014 Governors Awards in 2014.His agency confirmed his passing on Tuesday, after the 96-year-old suffered congestive heart failure.
He took acting classes in the 1940s alongside Marlon Brando and Bea Arthur, paying for them with nighttime appearances in the jazz clubs of New York.Portrait of American actor and singer Harry Belafonte. Belafonte was known as the "King of Calypso", circa 1955.He would go on to find much success in both fields. He created history with his album 'Calypso', an LP of songs infused with the Caribbean sensibility of his family's homeland.
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