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Shari Belafonte: What The Grammys Missed By Omitting Harry Belafonte From A Special Tribute Alongside Tina Turner & Tony Bennett
One homage to Harry Belafonte one would imagine to be grandest would’ve come at the Grammys but that didn't happen, his daughter Shari writes.
Editors note: If you have watched the Netflix docu The Greatest Night In Pop, you saw the 40 biggest singers of the ’80s break into a spontaneous chorus of Day-O in tribute to Harry Belafonte for organizing the We Are The World global fundraiser that raised over $60 million to save starving famine-stricken African families. I’m even nominated along with my fellow cast members in the category of Best Ensemble for one this year [Eds note: a SAG Award nom for Apple TV+’s The Morning Show]. He was the one who pulled the first $60,000 (the equivalent of over a half million in today’s dollars) out of his pocket to fund the start-up costs for the civil rights movement, and reached out to Tony Bennett, Charlton Heston, Paul Newman, Marlon Brando and many, many others to become a part of the March on Washington.
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