Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023) was an American singer, activist, and actor. As arguably the most successful Caribbean-American pop star, he popularized Jamaican mento folk songs which was marketed as Trinbagonian Calypso musical style with an international audience in the 1950s. His breakthrough album Calypso (1956) was the first million-selling LP by a single artist.
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| Full name at birth | Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.
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| Claim to fame | his recording of "The Banana Boat Song", with its signature lyric "Day-O" (1956), winning a Tony in 1953 for 'John Murray Anderson`s Almanac'
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| Date of birth | 1 March 1927
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| Place of birth | Lying-in Hospital, Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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| Date of death | 25 April 2023
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| Age | 96 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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| Cause of death | Congestive Heart Failure
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| Occupation | Singer, songwriter, actor, social activist, author, producer
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| Height | 6' 2" (188 cm)
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| Weight | 168 lbs (76 kg)
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| Net worth | $28,000,000 USD
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| High school | George Washington High School, New York City, New York, USA
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| University | New York Dramatic Workshop, New York City, New York, USA
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- In 1996, Harry Belafonte was diagnosed with prostate cancer.
- He was friends with the Cuban communist revolutionary and politician, Fidel Castro.
- In 1956, his 3rd studio album, Calypso, was released which topped the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart and was certified “Gold” by RIAA.
- Harry Belafonte released his debut album, Mark Twain and Other Folk Favorites, in 1954.
- He served in the US Navy during World War II.
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