G2G: Harry Belafonte died today

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Harry Belafonte, the American singer, actor and social activist known as the King of Calypso, has died. He was 96.

Belafonte died Tuesday of congestive heart failure at his New York home, his wife, Pamela, by his side, said Paula M. Witt of public relations firm Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis.

Belafonte, whose family was Jamaican, spent part of his childhood on the island and popularized Caribbean music with international audiences in the 1950s through hits such as the Banana Boat Song with its iconic "Daaayy-o" callout. He reprised the song for a new generation in an appearance in 1978 on The Muppet Show.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/obit-harry-belafonte-1.6821464

I do remember my kids singing along with him on The Muppet Show

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2 minutes before you

https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1572709/harry-belafonte-dies-at-96

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I had looked for a previous post, timing of the post was obviously very close.

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Oh NO!  I have/had a song parody ready to go for the weekend chat (which we didn't have last Friday)  

"Jump In The Line" my parody is "Add To The Line" is next on the docket!  Great song:

• Composed by Lord Kitchener
  • AKA Aldwyn Roberts (1922 - 2000)
    • WikiTree profile: Roberts-28601

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Don't think so. One poster has to hide their thread, so that there's only one left.