[HIGHLIGHTS] Harry Belafonte, musician, actor and activist, dies at 96

Harry Belafonte, a pioneering singer, songwriter and actor, has died at the age of 96. He was a black actor committed to the cause against racial discrimination.

In the 1980s, he became the driving force behind the song "We Are the World" He spearheaded "We are the World," the 1985 all-star musical collaboration that raised funds to alleviate famine in Ethiopia. He traveled the world as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador in 1987 and later set up an AIDS foundation.