By Rosy Lawrence | April 25, 2023
The 96-year-old actor was found dead at his home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan this morning, his rep reported. The actor
Harry Belafonte, born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr. was one of the most successful Caribbean-American pop stars of his time. He achieved global recognition after he popularized Jamaican mento folk songs which were marketed as Trinbagonian Calypso musical style.
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With an international audience, his breakthrough album Calypso released in 1956 became the first million-selling LP by a single artist.
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