Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte, activist and entertainer, dies at 96

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By US Celebrity Times

Harry Belafonte, the singer and actor who smashed racial barriers in the US, has died at home in Manhattan, aged 96.

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One of the most successful African-American pop stars in history

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He died of congestive heart failure, said his spokesman Ken Sunshine.

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A high school drop out, he joined the Navy during the Second World War, working as a munitions loader at a base in New Jersey.

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He paid for the classes by singing at New York clubs, where he was backed by groups that included Miles Davis and Charlie Parker.

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His success was such that he was the first black person allowed to perform in many upmarket US venues

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As an actor, Belafonte made his Broadway debut in the musical John Murray Anderson's Almanac in 1953

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Belafonte also acted in several films, and was a prominent television personality, hosting his own variety show in the 1960s.

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