Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a rich musical career initially defined by the lilting sounds of calypso, over the course of seven decades, Harry Belafonte — ...

Harry Belafonte’s lifetime of work as a civil-rights activist loomed so large in his later years that it can sometimes be easy to forget what a singular legacy he had as a musician. No one had ever ...

As reported earlier, famed activist, actor, and musician Harry Belafonte died on Tuesday (April 25). He passed away in his home in Manhattan, New York, from congestive heart failure. He was 96. Born ...

Harry Belafonte, a transformational figure in American entertainment and activism, died at the age of 96 at home in Manhattan on April 25. The figurehead in popularizing calypso in America in the mid- ...

In a rich musical career initially defined by the lilting sounds of calypso, over the course of seven decades, Harry Belafonte — the actor, activist, producer and vocalist who died Tuesday of ...