Harry Belafonte, Legendary Entertainer and Activist, Dead at 96
HARRY BELAFONTE, THE legendary singer, actor, and civil rights activist, died Tuesday, April 25, Rolling Stone confirmed. He was 96. Belafonte died at his home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, with longtime spokesperson, Ken Sunshine, saying the cause was congestive heart failure. Belafonte rose to prominence in the Fifties when his interpretation of calypso music popularized the sounds of the Caribbean for an American mainstream audience. His many […]
