The singer and actor lived a radical life that never denied and never forgot the lessons he learned while standing at the side of his cherished mentor Paul Robeson.
BY Ed Rampell The multi-talented, widely admired performer Harry Belafonte died Tuesday, April 25, at age 96. He was born on March 1, 1927, in New York City as Harold George Bellanfanti, Jr. His ancestry is Jamaican and Martiniquan, and his paternal grandfather had Dutch Jewish origins. Belafonte’s career took off with the film Carmen
The music icon passed away at his home in the Upper West Side of Manhattan on Tuesday (25.04.23) after suffering congestive heart failure, a spokesperson has told the New York Times newspaper
The multi-talented, widely admired performer Harry Belafonte died Tuesday, April 25, at age 96. He was born on March 1, 1927, in New York City as Harold George Bellanfanti, Jr. His ancestry is Jamaican and Martiniquan, and his paternal grandfather had Dutch Jewish origins.