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Harry Belafonte “died laughing”, according to his daughter Shari. The singer, actor, and civil rights activist died of heart failure in April 2023 at the age of 96 and just days ahead of the first anniversary of his death, his daughter Shari – who he had with his first wife Marguerite Belafonte – has revealed the humorous moment she shared with him and his widow Pamela Frank. She told People: “I know exactly what I said to him. He said, ‘Pam.’ She said, ‘What up, babe?’ He said, ‘Sit me upright.’ So she went over to start sitting him up. And he has a caregiver, so the caregiver said, ‘I’ll get…