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Harry Belafonte
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Harry Belafonte

Actor · born March 1, 1927 · died 2023

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Harry Belafonte was an American singer, actor, and civil rights activist who popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s and 1960s. Belafonte's career breakthrough album Calypso (1956) was the first million-selling LP by a single artist.

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Milestones, by age

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  1. ~62Named Kennedy Center Honors1989
  2. ~67Received the National Medal of Arts1994
  3. ~73Received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award2000
  4. 87Received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian AwardNovember 8, 2014
  5. ~95Named Rock and Roll Hall of Fame2022

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Jensen Ackles
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Jensen Ackles

Actor

1978 · United States

Jensen Ross Ackles is an American actor and musician.

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Ron Howard
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Ron Howard

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1954 · United States

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Frédéric Chopin
musician

Frédéric Chopin

Musician

1810–1849 · France

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