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Harry Belafonte, Singer, Actor and Civil-Rights Activist, Dies at 96

The award-winning Black artist broke barriers throughout his career

Harry Belafonte in 1959. Everett Collection
By Neil Shah and Jennifer Calfas

Harry Belafonte, one of the most groundbreaking Black entertainers in history and a lifelong activist who helped energize the civil-rights movement, died Tuesday morning in his New York home. He was 96. 

Mr. Belafonte died of congestive heart failure, said Ken Sunshine, his spokesman. 

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