Harry Belafonte, the actor, activist and singer who popularized the Calypso musical style with his famous song "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)," has died. He was 96.

Belafonte died Tuesday of congestive heart failure at his New York home with his wife Pamela by his side, his representative confirmed to ABC News.

<div class="InlineImage RDqG Ibgx eYLn " data-testid="prism-inline-image"><figure class="kzIj GNme pYrt dSqF " data-testid="prism-figure"><img alt="PHOTO: Singer Harry Belafonte waves to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., right, as he leaves the column of civil rights marchers after walking with them in Montgomery, Ala., March 24, 1965." class="hsDd oOra gusu " data-testid="prism-image" draggable="false" src="https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/belafonte-king-gty-ps-230425_1682430930321_hpEmbed_3x2_992.jpg" width="100%" height="auto"><figcaption><div class="XRko PriD tSkS " data-testid="prism-caption"><div class="bBSt IzgM VcHI GpQC lZur uhSz YGNM "><span class="hsDd IzgM GpQC lZur " data-testid="prism-truncate"><span><span class="ncwc Qmvg nyTI VbLm ystq akor ARhV ygKV yHyq tsIf WHLR lKuK CVfp xijV soGR XgdC aWMf ">Singer Harry Belafonte waves to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., right, as he leaves the column of civil rights marchers after walking with them in Montgomery, Ala., March 24, 1965.</span></span></span></div><div class="qinl TJeM lyWx "><span class="YNuj DCmQ ncwc Qmvg nyTI VbLm ystq akor ARhV ygKV yHyq tsIf WHLR lKuK CVfp xijV soGR XgdC aWMf ">Bettmann Archive/Getty Images</span></div></div></figcaption></figure></div>

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Actor and pioneering Calypso singer Harry Belafonte has died at 96 from congestive heart failure.

Harry Belafonte, actor and pioneering Calypso singer, dies at 96

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