Singer and Activist Harry Belafonte Dead

Grammy-Award winning singer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte is dead at the age of 96. The "King of Calypso" died of congestive heart failure. He was best known for popularizing Caribbean folk songs, or calypsos, with an international audience in the 1950s. Some of Belafonte's hits include "Banana Boat" and "Jump in the Line."

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