About Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte was an American singer, actor, and civil rights activist who popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s and 1960s. Belafonte's career breakthrough album Calypso (1956) was the first million-selling LP by a single artist.

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Occupation: singer, entertainer, civil rights advocate, peace activist

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Harry Belafonte

American singer, actor and civil rights activist (1927–2023)

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About Harry Belafonte

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Occupation: singer, entertainer, civil rights advocate, peace activist

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Position held

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador

Citizenship

United States, Jamaica

Born

March 1, 1927

Died

April 25, 2023

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