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RIP Harry Belafonte

Charlie JudgeCharlie Judge Posts: 12,745
edited April 2023 in The Commons

Rest in peace Harry Belafonte and thanks for all your wonderful music.

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/harry-belafonte-calypso-star-civil-rights-champion-dies-96-rcna42389

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  • memcneil70memcneil70 Posts: 4,124

    Man, how many ways Harry Belafonte made an impact on our world. Bless the man and my heart goes out to his family and friends at this time.

  • crosswindcrosswind Posts: 7,003

    RIP~

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,230

    well that's a pretty ripe old age

    bananas all tallied, time to go home

  • caravellecaravelle Posts: 2,458

    Rest in Peace, Harry Belafonte! Thank you for your wonderful music, your inspired acting and your tireless work for a better world.

  • Joe2018Joe2018 Posts: 255

    RIP - Hope he is on his "Island in the Sun"

  • nakamuram002nakamuram002 Posts: 788

    96 years old and a life well lived.  Enjoy your final Banana Boat Ride, Harry!!

  • mdingmding Posts: 1,243
    edited April 2023

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  • nonesuch00nonesuch00 Posts: 18,142

    condolences

  • Faeryl WomynFaeryl Womyn Posts: 3,632

    Oh wow, so sad to hear, love his music.

  • NotAnArtistNotAnArtist Posts: 384

    Lots of people who I used to watch on TV back in my childhood are passing on lately. Very strange feeling.
    Here's one who's voice and rhythms showed me some great alternatives to the music my parents listened to;-) Opened my eyes, I could say.
    And, in spite of my Dad's deep love of mostly classical music, he did speak highly of Harry Belafonte's style... while he ridiculed other music of the 50s and 60s. It was hard to break through my Dad's tastes, so I took this as proof of Belafonte's talent.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,062

    ...just saw that today.  All my favourite people leaving this world 

  • PitmaticPitmatic Posts: 899

    A good age and a legend too.

  • Cris PalominoCris Palomino Posts: 11,396

    Such an amazing human being. If you ever get a chance, look up the documentary they did of the week he filled in for Johnny Carson. Among the amazing guests, he interviewed both Martin Luther King Jr and Robert F Kennedy not long before both were taken from us.

  • xyer0xyer0 Posts: 5,947

    Cris Palomino said:

    Such an amazing human being. If you ever get a chance, look up the documentary they did of the week he filled in for Johnny Carson. Among the amazing guests, he interviewed both Martin Luther King Jr and Robert F Kennedy not long before both were taken from us.

    I saw that last year. Thanks for reminding me. Like Harry Truman said: "The only thing new in this world is the history you don't know."

  • memcneil70memcneil70 Posts: 4,124

    No one has mentioned this here, but he was also a member of the Greatest Generation and volunteered for the Navy, fighting in the Pacific. 

     

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