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US singer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte dies aged 96

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US singer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte dies aged 96

US singer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte dies aged 96

Harry Belafonte, who stormed the pop charts and smashed racial barriers in the 1950s with his highly personal brand of folk music, and who went on to become a major force in the civil rights movement, died on Tuesday at his home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

He was 96.


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