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This generosity that has been offered to the United States says very much about the Venezuelan spirit.
Harry Belafonte
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Harry Belafonte
Age: 97
Born: 1927
Born: March 1
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Peace Activist
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Television Actor
Harlem
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King of Calypso
Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.
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