Editing Harry Belafonte (section)

==Personal life, health and death==
[[File:Julie Belafonte 1998.jpg|thumb|upright|Second wife Julie Robinson in 1998]]
[[File:HarryPamelaBelafonteApr2011.jpg|thumb|upright|Belafonte with third wife Pamela Frank in April 2011]]
Belafonte and Marguerite Byrd were married from 1948 to 1957. They had two daughters: Adrienne and [[Shari Belafonte|Shari]]. They separated when Byrd was pregnant with Shari.<ref name="people39" /> Adrienne and her daughter Rachel Blue founded the Anir Foundation/Experience, focused on humanitarian work in southern Africa.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.anirfoundation.org/About_Anir.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904024046/http://www.anirfoundation.org/About_Anir.html |archive-date=September 4, 2011 |title=Welcome to the Anir Experience |website=Anir Foundation |access-date=April 26, 2023}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 1953, Belafonte was financially able to move from [[Washington Heights, Manhattan]], "into a white neighborhood in [[East Elmhurst, Queens]]."<ref>[[Henry Louis Gates, Jr.|Gates Jr., Henry Louis]] (August 26, 1996). [http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1996/08/26/belafontes-balancing-act "Belafonte's Balancing Act"], ''[[The New Yorker]]''. Accessed March 19, 2019. "In 1953, enjoying his first real taste of affluence, Belafonte moved from Washington Heights into a white neighborhood in Elmhurst, Queens."</ref>

Belafonte had an affair with actress [[Joan Collins]] during the filming of [[Island in the Sun (film)|''Island in the Sun'']].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://parade.com/211568/erinhill/joan-collins-shares-steamy-details-of-affairs-with-harry-belafonte-and-warren-beatty/|title=Joan Collins Shares Steamy Details of Affairs with Harry Belafonte and Warren Beatty|last=Hill|first=Erin|date=October 14, 2013|newspaper=Parade: Entertainment, Recipes, Health, Life, Holidays}}</ref>

On March 8, 1957, Belafonte married his second wife Julie Robinson (1928–2024), a dancer with the [[Katherine Dunham Company]] who was of [[American Jews|Jewish]] descent.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Zack |first1=Ian |title=Julie Robinson Belafonte, Dancer, Actress and Activist, Is Dead at 95 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/21/arts/julie-belafonte-dead.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=6 September 2024 |date=23 March 2024}}</ref> They had two children: [[Gina Belafonte|Gina]] and David.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bloom|first=Nate|title=Jewish Stars 11/18 |newspaper=[[Cleveland Jewish News]]|date=November 17, 2011|url=https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/archives/jewish-stars/article_7913ef9e-115a-11e1-a5a7-001cc4c03286.html|quote=His second wife, dancer Julie Robinson, to whom he was married from 1958–2004, is Jewish. They had a daughter Gina, 50, and a son David, 54}}</ref> After 47 years of marriage,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/music/interview-harry-belafonte-singer-1-2321445 |title= Interview: Harry Belafonte, singer |first= James |last= Mottran |date= May 27, 2012 |work= The Scotsman }}</ref> Belafonte and Robinson divorced in 2004.

In Fall 1958, Belafonte was looking for an apartment to rent on the Upper West Side. After he had been turned away from other apartment buildings due to being black, he had his white publicist rent an apartment at 300 West End Avenue for him. When he moved in, and the owner realized that he was an African American, he was asked to leave. Belafonte not only refused, but he also used three dummy real estate companies to buy the building and converted it into a co-op, inviting his friends, both white and black, to buy apartments. He lived in the 21-room, 6-bedroom apartment for 48 years.<ref name=memoir>Belafonte, Harry with Shnayerson, Michael (2012) ''My Song: A Memoir of Art, Race, and Defiance'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=wnQdr26vRCgC&q=%22West%20End%22&pg=PA192 pp.192–193]. New York: Knopf Doubleday. {{isbn|9780307473424}}</ref> In April 2008, he married Pamela Frank, a photographer.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/07/us/harry-belafonte-fast-facts/index.html |title=Harry Belafonte Fast Facts |publisher= CNN|date=July 7, 2013 |access-date = December 10, 2013}}</ref>

[[File:Harry belafonte 0103.JPG|thumb|right|upright=0.9|Belafonte in 2013]]
Belafonte had five grandchildren: Rachel and Brian through his children with Marguerite Byrd, and Maria, Sarafina and Amadeus through his children with Robinson. He had two great-grandchildren by his oldest grandson Brian. In October 1998, Belafonte contributed a letter to [[Liv Ullmann]]'s book ''Letter to My Grandchild''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Ullmann|first=Liv|title=Letter to My Grandchild|publisher=Atlantic Monthly Press|date=1998|isbn=0-87113-728-3}}</ref>

In 1996, Belafonte was diagnosed with prostate cancer and was treated for the disease. He suffered a stroke in 2004, which took away his inner-ear balance. From 2019, Belafonte's health began to decline, but he remained an active and prominent figure in the civil rights movement.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}

Belafonte died from [[congestive heart failure]] at his home on the [[Upper West Side]] of [[Manhattan]], New York City, on April 25, 2023, at the age of 96.<ref name = Keepnews>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/25/arts/music/harry-belafonte-dead.html|title = Harry Belafonte, 96, Dies; Barrier-Breaking Singer, Actor and Activist|last = Keepnews|first = Peter|newspaper = [[The New York Times]]|date = April 25, 2023|access-date = April 25, 2023|url-access = limited}}</ref>