Harry Belafonte dead at 96: Barrier-breaking singer and actor best known for ‘The Banana Boat Song’ and ‘Jump In the Line’ turned civil-rights activist passes away at home in Manhattan
- American folk singer Harry Belafonte died Tuesday at his Upper West Side home at the age of 96
- The cause of death was congestive heart failure
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American folk singer Harry Belafonte has died of congestive heart failure at the age of 96, his spokesman has confirmed.
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The civil rights icon was pronounced deceased at his home in the Upper West Side of Manhattan on Tuesday.
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American folk singer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte, pictured in 1956, has died of congestive heart failure
