Smokey Robinson remembers Harry Belafonte as “one of the most brilliant men that I’ve ever met”
, saying that they first met when Robinson was in his early 20s and that, in addition to Belafonte being a “wonderful man,” Robinson adds that he was “one of the most brilliant men that I’ve ever met.” Robinson says that Belafonte was brilliant about “most subjects, or anything I’ve ever heard him talk about, or to him, or with him about.
”But the thing about Belafonte that seems to stick with Robinson the most is that he was also a deeply “respected” person, noting that he was “highly political” and “one of the mainstay people for the Civil Rights movement.” Belafonte was a close friend to Martin Luther King Jr., having worked with the Civil Rights leader to pay for Freedom Rides as well as helping to organize, Robinson also shared that he felt a special connection to Belafonte going back to the very first time they ever met.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Streaming this week: David Bowie, 'Fatal Attraction' and Smokey RobinsonComing to streaming services this week: The David Bowie documentary 'Moonage Daydream,' David Lowery's take on Peter Pan with 'Peter Pan & Wendy,' new music from Smokey Robinson and The National, and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, a followup to the 2019 hit Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.
Read more »
Harry Belafonte, radical activist and entertainer with a ‘rebel heart,’ dies at 96Harry 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.
Read more »
Harry Belafonte, Calypso King Who Worked for African-American Rights, Dies at 96Singer, actor, producer and activist Harry Belafonte, who spawned a calypso craze in the U.S. with his music and blazed new trails for African-American performers, has died of congestive heart fail…
Read more »
Harry Belafonte, Musician and Civil Rights Activist, Dies at 96Harry Belafonte, the folk musician who later became a noted civil rights activist, has died. He was 96.
Read more »
Harry Belafonte, radical activist and entertainer with a 'rebel heart,' dies at 96 | CNNHarry 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.
Read more »
Harry Belafonte, singer, actor and civil rights activist, diesBreaking: Harry Belafonte -- singer, actor and civil rights activist -- died at his Manhattan home Tuesday of congestive heart failure. His wife Pamela was by his side.
Read more »