https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/04/25/harry-belafonte-activist-and-entertainer-with-a-rebel-heart-dies-at-96/ > Harry Belafonte, the dashing singer, actor and activist who became an indispensable supporter of the civil rights movement, has died, his publicist Ken Sunshine told CNN. > Belafonte died Tuesday morning of congestive heart failure, Sunshine said.