{"id":47946,"date":"2023-04-26T12:14:09","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T12:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/calypso-king-harry-belafonte-dies-aged-96\/"},"modified":"2023-04-26T12:16:43","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T12:16:43","slug":"calypso-king-harry-belafonte-dies-aged-96","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/calypso-king-harry-belafonte-dies-aged-96\/","title":{"rendered":"Calypso King\u201d Harry Belafonte dies aged 96"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to Audio Bacon, Belafonte breathed the last on 25th April 2023. <\/p>\n<p>The singer was known for breaking down racial barriers with his unique blend of folk, calypso, and jazz music, and for using his platform to advocate for social justice throughout his life. <\/p>\n<p>His album &#8220;Calypso&#8221; and hit songs like &#8220;The Banana Boat Song&#8221; and &#8220;Day-O&#8221; continue to be popular and beloved to this day. <\/p>\n<p>Belafonte&#8217;s legacy will continue to inspire and uplift people of all backgrounds for generations to come. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1041\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H5dpBWlRANE\" title=\"Harry Belafonte - Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) (Live)\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-47489 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/harry_belafonte_mu_buzima_bwe_yaharaniye_uburenganzira_bw_abirabura_muri_amerika_akaba_umuririmbyi_n_umukinnyi_wa_filime-ec8bf.jpg\" alt=\"Calypso King\u201d Harry Belafonte has died aged 96. \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Harry Belafonte, the legendary musician, actor, and civil rights activist, has passed away at the age of 96 due to congestive heart failure. } <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-47946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47946\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47946"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=47946"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=47946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}