Late entertainer Harry Belafonte once explained why he let director Tim Burton and music mogul David Geffen use his recordings in the 1988 comedy "Beetlejuice." (Associated Press; Warner Bros.) You ...

Harry Belafonte, a transformational figure in American entertainment and activism, died at the age of 96 at home in Manhattan on April 25. The figurehead in popularizing calypso in America in the mid- ...

Singer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte is being remembered at Siena College. He spoke at the school 35 years ago. Belafonte died Tuesday of congestive heart failure. He was 96 years old. He ...

Belafonte was also an activist during the Civil Rights Movement. Harry Belafonte, the actor, activist and singer who popularized the Calypso musical style with his famous song "Day-O (The Banana Boat ...

Frankfurt, Germany, September 1988: Musician and activist Harry Belafonte is interviewed at the Hotel Frankfurter Hof during an extensive tour of Europe in which he performed in over 20 cities.

Entertainers, civil rights leaders and friends of Harry Belafonte paid tribute after his death Tuesday, with many remembering the artist and activist as a pioneer and hero. Belafonte, a Harlem native ...

You can't have "Beetlejuice" without Harry Belafonte. The music from the entertainer, who died Tuesday at 96, is forever intertwined with Tim Burton's 1988 comedy about a couple of ghosts (Alec ...