Harry Belafonte

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Harry Belafonte was an American singer, actor, and civil rights activist renowned as the "King of Calypso" and a prominent voice in social justice movements.

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instanceOf actor
civil rights activist
film producer
human
philanthropist
singer
television producer
awardReceived Emmy Award
Grammy Award
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Kennedy Center Honors
National Medal of Arts
Tony Award
causeOfDeath congestive heart failure
child Shari Belafonte
surface form: Adrienne Belafonte

David Belafonte
Gina Belafonte
Shari Belafonte
closeCollaborator Martin Luther King Jr.
conflictParticipatedIn World War II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1927-03-01
dateOfDeath 2023-04-25
educatedAt Dramatic Workshop of the New School
New School for Social Research
surface form: The New School
ethnicGroup African American
familyName Bellanfanti
fullName Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.
genre calypso
folk music
pop music
world music
givenName Harold
influencedBy Paul Robeson
instrument vocals
militaryService United States Navy
movement American civil rights movement
nickname King of Calypso
notableAchievement first solo artist to sell over one million copies of an LP with the album Calypso
popularized calypso music internationally in the 1950s
notableWork Banana Boat Song (Day-O)
Buck and the Preacher
Calypso
Carmen Jones
Island in the Sun
Jamaica Farewell
Jump in the Line
Odds Against Tomorrow
The Harry Belafonte Show
Uptown Saturday Night
occupation actor
civil rights activist
film producer
record producer
singer
television producer
placeOfBirth Harlem
surface form: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States
placeOfDeath New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
positionHeld UN Goodwill Ambassador
surface form: UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
recordLabel RCA Victor
religion Roman Catholicism
residence New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
spouse Julie Robinson
Marguerite Byrd
Pamela Frank
stageName Harry Belafonte self-link
supportedCause anti-apartheid movement in South Africa
global poverty alleviation
human rights
racial equality

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Humanitarian Award hasRecipient Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte stageName Harry Belafonte self-link