For Angelenos like my parents, Harry Belafonte had one title: King of the Greek
LOS ANGELES — Harry Belafonte kissed my mother once. I don't believe she ever recovered.
Belafonte, who died Tuesday in New York, is being celebrated as a versatile entertainer and dedicated civil rights activist. He traveled the globe to care for poorer people, and his later years were marked by his candid political perspective and outspokenness.
But for me and my family, he will always be known by one moniker
