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

One of the most successful African-American pop stars in history, he scored hits with Island In The Sun, Mary s Boy Child and the UK number one Day-O (The Banana Boat Song).

But his greatest achievements were as a campaigner ....

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