American singer, actor and activist Harry Belafonte has died aged 96.
His spokesperson confirmed he died from heart failure at his home in Manhattan.
Belafonte was a major force in the civil rights movement and close confidant of Martin Luther King Junior.
Sally Patterson reports from New York.
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