A great man
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absolute fucking legend.
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Jump in the Line is an absolutely joyful slammer. RIP.
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What a man, what a life, getting shit done from practically cradle to grave. Immense
Rest in fucking Power
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Ooh he was literally just on the episode of The Marvellous Miss Maisel I just watched
Watched this last year very good, worth a watch if you get the chance
some life, was clearly an absolute top lad. RIP
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Was just reading the oral history on Robert Altman, and Belafonte cropped up in a great story.
He and Altman made the movie Kansas City together - sounds like a joyous shambles, somehow I haven’t seen it - and Belafonte caught Altman watching TV to unwind at the end of a long day.
Altman didn’t know he was there, and for some reason he had the remote, and could hit the TV from his room. They were in Paris for some reason, and he was watching American sports, something he was fond of, and every time someone was about to dunk, or get a touchdown, or a skier was about to nail the landing, Belafonte changed the channel, provoking ever greater diatribes against the French, until Altman realised at the end of the show and cracked up.
‘Belafonte was that you?’
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Been rinsing with calypso record with the baby lately!
Daylight come and and me wan go home
RIP
What a beautiful man. Pure joy!