Harry Belafonte -- the legendary actor, producer, activist and multi-platinum selling singer-songwriter known as the 'Calypso King' -- has died of congestive heart failure.
became the first LP to go platinum in a year and featured what became his signature single, “Banana Boat Song” . In his 2011 memoir, Belafonte explained the metaphorical roots of Black music, and the underlying meaning of the “Banana Boat Song.”
"People sing and delight and dance and love it, [but] they don't really understand unless they study the song that they're singing a work song that's a song of rebellion.” Belafonte married three times, first to Marguerite Byrd in 1948. The couple welcomed two daughters, Shari and Adrienne, prior to their divorce in 1957. Later that year, Belafonte married dancer, Julie Robinson, which would become his longest marriage. The pair welcomed a son and daughter, Gina and David, and were married for nearly 50 years before their split. Belafonte and his third wife, Pamela Frank, tied the knot in 2008.
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