The world mourns the death of the artist Harry Belafonte: “He was really a force”



ABC News contributor and “Life Out Loud” host LZ Granderson reflects on the life and legacy of civil rights activist and EGOT-winning artist Harry Belafonte, who has died at age 96. SUBSCRIBE to ABC NEWS: https://bit.ly/2vZb6yP See more at http://abcnews.go.com/ LIKE ABC News on FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/abcnews FOLLOW ABC News on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/abc #news #harrybelafonte #egot #civil rights #abcnews #abcnlupdate

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11 comments

  1. Daylight come and I guess he went home rest in peace we all love you

  2. My deep sympathy go out to the family. May God grant you peace and comfort.

  3. A long and productive life , but this still makes me so sad to see another great soul leave us . Condolences to those who were close .

  4. RIP Harry, your music will always be part of our lives.

  5. I never liked him. I'm not mourning anything. I don't know of any civil rights that he was fighting for. Cynthia g. Youtube expose these men pathology and fake civil rights movement.
    A quote from legendary actress Eartha Kitt: " I was married to Bill McDonald in 1960. People would say ‘Why didn’t you marry a Black man?’ I would reply
    “because the white girls had them!” The men I wanted to be with, Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, dated predominatly white women. I’m talking about the 50s. Harry Belfonte picks me up out of his bed in Philadelphia and said: ‘I don’t want you to take me seriously because no Black woman can do anything for me’. I could not help him to progress into where he was going to go. “A black woman would hold a black man back’, that’s what he told me. If I wanted to marry a black man there wasn’t one because the white girls had them."

    AUGUST 25, 2016
    Belafonte, Charlamagne tha God and Rev. Al Sharpton have all come out to support Nate Parker against what they feel is a smear campaign to “keep the black man down.” Many more have come to the same defense, especially other black men, but those three are the most prominent.  Whether they know this or not, their attempts to do as much as they can to support the black man is even more damaging to many victims of rpe and sxual assault.

  6. He was a severe critic of Barack Obama.

  7. He was talented, an activist, and a trailblazer who will be missed. I'm thankful for his life and prayer and condolences go out to his family 😞🙏