RIP Harry Belafonte

[Chevdove]

 

RIP Harry Belafonte!

Harry Belafonte, 96, Dies; Barrier-Breaking Singer, Actor and Activist

In the 1950s, when segregation was still widespread, his ascent to the upper echelon of show business was historic. But his primary focus was civil rights.

By Peter Keepnews

Published April 25, 2023Updated May 5, 2023

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/25/arts/music/harry-belafonte-dead.html

 

 

Belafonte (center) at the 1963

 Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C with 

Sidney Poitier (left) and Charlton Heston

 

Harry Belafonte, who stormed the pop charts and smashed racial barriers in the 1950s with his highly personal brand of folk music, and who went on to become a dynamic force in the civil rights movement, died on Tuesday at his home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. He was 96.

 

The cause was congestive heart failure, said Ken Sunshine, his longtime spokesman.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/25/arts/music/harry-belafonte-dead.html

 

*****MY NOTE: I can't believe that he is gone! IMO he was an amazing man. May he Rest In Peace. 

[ProfD]

Mr. Harry "Day-O" Belafonte made it to a few years short of 100. 

 

Back in the day, he wasn't shy in Black activism either. Another real one left the planet.  RIP Mr. Belafonte.

[frankster]

A truly great one....literally cut from the same cloth of Paul Robeson....See You Again Soon here on Earth

[Pioneer1]

May our dear and beloved brother rest in peace and power!

Long live his Spirit and his Wisdom!