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Harry Belafonte, singer, actor and activist, has died at age 96

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    JXM
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    This is a genuine loss to humanity. In addition to being one of my favorite artists, he changed the course of US history. It’s safe to say, without exaggeration, that the civil rights movement of...

    This is a genuine loss to humanity. In addition to being one of my favorite artists, he changed the course of US history. It’s safe to say, without exaggeration, that the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 60s would not have gone the way it did without him.

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    1. Thrabalen
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      While I didn't personally care for his music, that's a genre thing (and a me thing)... his work was objectively fantastic. He brought a lot of happiness to a lot of good people, and the world is a...

      While I didn't personally care for his music, that's a genre thing (and a me thing)... his work was objectively fantastic. He brought a lot of happiness to a lot of good people, and the world is a smaller and dimmer place with him no longer in it. And that doesn't even touch upon his other work.

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