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American singer, actor, and civil rights activist who popularized Caribbean calypso music globally and became a cultural icon.Born in Harlem to Jamaican immigrants, Belafonte rose to fame in the 1950s with groundbreaking albums like 'Calypso' (1956), the first LP to sell over a million copies. He broke racial barriers in film and theater, won Emmy/Grammy/Tony awards, and was a key strategist/fundraiser for the Civil Rights Movement....