Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Harry Belafonte, Caribbean Music Legend and Civil Rights Pioneer, Dies at 96 Harry Belafonte, a transformational figure in ...

In 1956, something totally unprecedented happened in America: A Black artist topped the Billboard top-albums chart, not just once but for 31 consecutive weeks. That artist was Harry Belafonte, and the ...

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 ...

He began his career during the 1950s folk revival and continued to record — and helped orchestrate “We Are the World” — while pursing his many other artistic and political interests. By Jon Pareles ...

You can’t have “Beetlejuice” without Harry Belafonte. ‘The question is: Where is the raised voice of Black America? Why are we mute?’ Harry Belafonte asked artists in 2013 while receiving an Image ...

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- ...