RIP, the King of Calypso, Harry Belafonte (1927-2023). Award winning singer and actor; key strategist, activist, fundraiser and mediator for the American civil rights movement. You have left indelible footprints on the sands of time.
Vou escrever no meu idioma, sinto muito saudades Harry Belafonte, foi um grande artista um ser humano maravilhoso lutador de causas humanísticas dos povos do mundo ❤👏👏
In 1962 at the age of 14 I had saved up enough money to buy my first ever LP and it was called Harry Belafonte - Excerpts From The Belafonte Carnegie Hall Concert. I still got this LP today , what a treasure and what beautiful music !!!!!!!!!!!!
Got first introduced to this amazing voice when I was 15/16 year old. It was my English/Choir teacher who introduced me to this song and eventually Harry Belafonte. I love her for introducing me to Harry. It’s a sad day. Sure sad to say, he’s on his way but he will be always there in Kingston town❤
All of Mr. Belafonte songs are so beautiful and have endured the test of time. There is no modern singer who can match ; their songs are quickly dispatched to the dust bin of time despite the amount of money they make
Sad to learn of death of this legend today April 25, 2023..who is here to celebrate his consistency in giving good music. RIP Belafonte...your music lives forever
My grandson plays this mesmerising flute with his mouth without the flute.And I sing along with him.The three generations having singing Bela Fonte.He is eternally fascinating.
He is awesome. Wil be ninety- four on March 1st , 2021. Two weeks from now. G- d bless him. There’s Belafonte and then everyone else. A league of his own.
DAY O or the Banana boat Song is more a Calipso song of Harry than ALL other Calipso song of Harry but Im Sad to say I love more the músic of Harry is Islands in the Sun and the Cu Cu Ru Cu Cu Paloma. When I hears these músic, my Sad just fadê away
Oh dear - it's making me cry! I remember being a little girl who had to leave Kingston Town - to go back Home to school in England. I returned to Jamaica a few times - and it's beauty never fades! Thanks to Belafonte for bolstering the memories for me!
Forty one years later ,Belafonte still sings it as beautifully as he did back then.Making it into an audience participation song was a wonderful idea.Now,eighty nine ,G-d bless him. The song is a true classic.
Oh, the memories. As an eight year old boy infatuated with my best friend and first love (we sat together in infants' school), in a land foreign to me and from which I was shortly to depart. I was not relishing the leaving. In the back garden, I was singing this favourite song and about to utter, (I had to leave a little girl in) 'Kingston town', when my mother from an upstairs window at prcisely the right time, intervened, interposed and shouted down with 'London town'. Oh! The indignity of it! My indignation was palpable. Sixty five years later, I still feel it. I wonder, to this day, how that 'little girl' is faring in life. Thank you Harry . . . forever the star.
I remember my mom listening to this on our computer when I was a little kid; I walked in her office and we ended up dancing! Not sure how but it reminded me of “white” music and really made me think hard about what divides us and what brings us together ❤️ You’re a real one, old timer! I’ll always be a fan!
Harry your voice, art of expression which comes in from your soul proves .................you are our Ambassador and the best!! I unite with you from a far away land named India, Calcutta now Kolkata, the place from where late Tagore, poet, lyricist did lighten the world as you go on doing. Kolkata adores you from the bottom of our hearts. Harry, we wait eagerly to hear you more and more songs about us the global common citizens.........like of Kolkata.
this is one of the songs our family sang - a regular in our folk song nights and hootenannies! I still remember at 5 this song made me cry, because I thought a little girl like me was being left behind on the shore.
My late mom loved Belafonte and ALL his songs . And as the years go by, i have come to LOVE his songs as well. It,s so hard to hold back the tears while listening to this song because it brings back memories of happy childhood days gone forever! Harry Belafonte................THANK YOU FOR FOR SHARING YOUR GIFT WITH US! God bless you for sharing.
One of my happiest memories was seeing Mr. Belafonte at the Music Center in Los Angeles for my 18th birthday gift back in 1970. My Dad always played Belafonte's Carnegie Live album on Sundays. I still play that album today. My kids also grew up listening to Mr. Belafonte. What a joy his music brings the heart. Day-O......
My grandpa used to play this on the TV with me and my sisters. 9 years later it brings back memories of those good days. He's still alive at 80+ years old and I visited my home country a few months ago and he was still listening to this song :)
This video has me bawling my eyes out. My dad used to sing my three sisters and me to sleep with this song, among others, while playing his classical guitar. He died at 53 in a car accident that left me crippled. I've sung this song many times over the years without crying. But,for some reason, the part where Belafonte has the audience singing brought back a flood of memories. Memories of my dad and my island home - now so far away. 😭
In 2011 I had been to South America leaving my 6 year old son at home. This was the song I use to hear several times a day to keep away my loneliness. I even cried after hearing it in the Easter Island. So very touchy. Hats off to Belafonte 👍👍
Time tested performance ... Audience of world was spell bound ... till present day ... performance would be remembered with respect for many many years to come .... I am just "FIDA" whenever I am hearing him ... simply mesmerized with his tonal quality of his voice as well as the style ....
❤❤❤🌹🌄🎇🌠🌄🌹❤❤❤ I'm 80 years now + so happy to hear Harry Belafonte's songs! He was my first big love as a little girl, his appearance fascinated me and is doing this till now. May he make all the soals in heaven also happy! 🙏🕯️
This is how to control the stage & audience together. Came to listen this evergreen song, but going back with respect with his eccentric control ability. Take love from India. ♥️
Soy la misma edad y el trabajado en Puerto Rico gobernadores senadores todo y me gusta atender y ayudar a las tablas en la base de roomba robot Ceiba Aguadilla bucanans soy Leandro
Great MAN, great voice, great song! Thank you mr.Belafonte for your songs, your courage and engagement for a better world and human dignity! I sing some of your songs with my kids, i tell them about you, Poitier, King Cole, Rosa and others. People who did not just existed, but also cared about human issues.
My favorite from my childhood. My mom would play this on the stereo while I was going to sleep. Such great music! Thanks for memories, Mr. Harry Belafonte!
@@orane3549 It reminds me of my high-school girlfriend.War broke,i left in a hurry , wasn't able to pick her contacts,nor a chance to say goodbye.Ever since,i haven't had a chance to see her.
@@favourspapatv Penny whistle is also very much part of the Irish culture & not the easiest instrument to play - very squeaky when you're learning- but very cheap to buy - 1 Penny. But that player has the sweetest sound.
I had been listening to his songs during my younger times, and the more now, the instruments or the band group accompanied him during this recent concert, were so terrific, wonderful to listen. This concert is the sound I choose with my earpiece while having a walking exercise, so lovely! Thanks, Mr. Harry Belafonte!
One of the delights in singing to an audience, as an entertainer, is when you have them onside singing with you. Makes you feel you are certainly doing your job well as an entertainer. The money you get is good, but the reaction you get, is priceless...it is wonderful.
Harry Belafonte altijd al een fan van geweest, alle liedjes van hem vind ik heerlijk om naar te luisteren. Zo,n lieve man, en een prachtige stem, love HIM! Liefs marian.
I’m 74 years old and I grew up with this music… This man was an absolute legend! May he rest in peace - he gave the world so much pleasure.
I never heard this son before it is beautiful
Tropical Nat King Cole.
🙏🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤❤😢😢😢😢💐💐💐💐🙏🙏🙏🙏
he was, he is and will always be a Legend... He was a Great Artist, Man and e Wonderful Soul ❤❤❤
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I am happy that young people also like Harry. When you are god, you are god!!
Of course we do
I was a little girl maybe 3 yrs old the first time I heard it. Even til now, I knew he was singing to me. I am 67 years old❤❤❤
RIP Harry 🙏🏾 You changed the world 🌎 for the better 😢
A big DAY-OOOO! shotout in his honor and memory
Am asking myself what will I leave and when see remember once I leaved
You are the best
Everyone’s crying today.
RIP legend! Thank you for enriching our lives with your music.
So sad
Everyone's on Earth crying, yes, we lost one of the greatest singers ever.
Heaven is full of joy....they won one of the greatest singers ever....
I am searching for and listening to all my mum's favourite songs online. I am crying as I listen to each of them. Mum RIP, I love and miss you so much
Take care.
Just a beautiful and mesmerising song.
The feeling is so mutual dear
Allow the soul to rest 😇🙏
Memory eternal 🙏
RIP Harry Belafonte you brought so much joy, love and peace to this world. You literally made this world a better place to live.
Yes it is it was.❤❤❤
Death can't touch Him. He is and will be one of the most impressive and influential voices ever🍁
RIP, the King of Calypso, Harry Belafonte (1927-2023). Award winning singer and actor; key strategist, activist, fundraiser and mediator for the American civil rights movement. You have left indelible footprints on the sands of time.
Vou escrever no meu idioma, sinto muito saudades Harry Belafonte, foi um grande artista um ser humano maravilhoso lutador de causas humanísticas dos povos do mundo ❤👏👏
What a voice ! He still sings so beautifully ,even at this age. Wonderful.
In 1962 at the age of 14 I had saved up enough money to buy my first ever LP and it was called Harry Belafonte -
Excerpts From The Belafonte Carnegie Hall Concert. I still got this LP today , what a treasure and what beautiful music !!!!!!!!!!!!
I have been listening this song for the last 10 years. It's lyrics and music s are amazing. Now 71 years .I listen it regularly.
L haven hear that song for about 50 year very happy to hear it again thank you
Hello Anne, How are you doing?
You are perfectly right
I was listening Belofente, where else, on radio 📻 Belgrade, it has been fantastic music to study and to dream about anything. ❤ 4:55
Got first introduced to this amazing voice when I was 15/16 year old. It was my English/Choir teacher who introduced me to this song and eventually Harry Belafonte. I love her for introducing me to Harry. It’s a sad day. Sure sad to say, he’s on his way but he will be always there in Kingston town❤
A great performer. He was famous when I was a kid. And 60 years his fame is still unbroken.
He had a beautiful way of commanding an audience. What a voice! What a life! Born in the 90s but he's my favorite. RIP gorgeous 👑 King
Harry Belafonte is timeless. I remember listening to Jamaica Farewell about 40 years ago and I still enjoy listening to it sung by him.
Banana i.boat song was great
That is so true My 4 year old Grandlove and Me Re listening ..next we will be dancing hahaha!! ❤️💗
What a wonderful memories. Can't stop loving this music
This music was played today and I melted had to go serching for it and been playing it.
All of Mr. Belafonte songs are so beautiful and have endured the test of time. There is no modern singer who can match ; their songs are quickly dispatched to the dust bin of time despite the amount of money they make
Use to sing this as a folk song in primary school in Jamaica 🇯🇲 in the 80s …miss those days..
RIP SIR HARRY YOUR MUSIC BRINGS BACK MANY GOOD MEMORIES IN MY LIFE IN JAMAICA .💕
Sad to learn of death of this legend today April 25, 2023..who is here to celebrate his consistency in giving good music. RIP Belafonte...your music lives forever
Shout out to Harry Belafonte. You sent love to the world through your music. Am in East Africa and he was one of my fav singers
we grew up with his songs!!! We can't forget this sweet voice. RIP Harry! Thank you for making us love your music!
My grandson plays this mesmerising flute with his mouth without the flute.And I sing along with him.The three generations
having singing Bela Fonte.He is eternally fascinating.
How now? He plays the flute without a flute🤔
I still cherish the sound of flute sans the instrument
আপনার সুমধুর কণ্ঠস্বর এই পৃথিবীর বাতাস কে সবসময় সুরেলা ছন্দে আন্দোলিত করবে...
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My mother’s first cousin wrote this song. Rest in peace, Mr. Belafonte. ❤
A great, lovely melodic and song gift to the world, to refount joy & peace forever ... .
Irving Burgie wrote the song. Was he your moms first cousin?
Harry’s songs just never get old!!!
Rest in Eternal Peace, Harry (King of Calypso). You and your music will NEVER be forgotten. 😢😢 🙏🙏🕊🕊
He is awesome.
Wil be ninety- four on March 1st , 2021.
Two weeks from now.
G- d bless him.
There’s Belafonte and then everyone else.
A league of his own.
1st March 2024.. Happy birthday in heaven. Beautiful soul
What a voice.! Wonderful ! Harry's songs just never get old! Rest in peace....from Fresno, California
Am here because baba Raila Amolo Odinga got me into love with this Jamaican farewell..hoyee to Kenya motherland
My Mom and Dad had this record when I was 5 yrs. old . We would listen to it constantly . Day OH , Daaaay oh . We loved it .
This man is a legend .
My mom got me his album when I was in 4th grade. My teacher introduced us to Belafonte in class. She was unique for sure.
DAY O or the Banana boat Song is more a Calipso song of Harry than ALL other Calipso song of Harry but Im Sad to say I love more the músic of Harry is Islands in the Sun and the Cu Cu Ru Cu Cu Paloma. When I hears these músic, my Sad just fadê away
Oh dear - it's making me cry! I remember being a little girl who had to leave Kingston Town - to go back Home to school in England. I returned to Jamaica a few times - and it's beauty never fades! Thanks to Belafonte for bolstering the memories for me!
Forty one years later ,Belafonte still sings it as beautifully as he did back then.Making it into an audience participation song was a wonderful idea.Now,eighty nine ,G-d bless him. The song is a true classic.
A classic !!!!
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Oh, the memories.
As an eight year old boy infatuated with my best friend and first love (we sat together in infants' school), in a land foreign to me and from which I was shortly to depart. I was not relishing the leaving.
In the back garden, I was singing this favourite song and about to utter, (I had to leave a little girl in) 'Kingston town', when my mother from an upstairs window at prcisely the right time, intervened, interposed and shouted down with 'London town'.
Oh! The indignity of it! My indignation was palpable.
Sixty five years later, I still feel it. I wonder, to this day, how that 'little girl' is faring in life.
Thank you Harry . . . forever the star.
Harry Belafonte is unforgettable, a singer with a cause, civil rights activist
Rest in peace comrade, You always spoke truth through out your life. Truth loving people all over the world love you.
Came back again after 4 years and enjoyed with same excitement...just speechless.........
💓💓💓
RIP Harry. Thanks for this and all the other sublime performances (and shout out to the audience here too, who participate wonderfully!)
There's a belafonte within me.. thank you dear lord for this masterpiece.
What a performer, What a song, What a voice, What a band!
He has good look too
100% agree with you
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So engaging, So on top of his game.. each syllable with total liveliness
I remember my mom listening to this on our computer when I was a little kid; I walked in her office and we ended up dancing! Not sure how but it reminded me of “white” music and really made me think hard about what divides us and what brings us together ❤️ You’re a real one, old timer! I’ll always be a fan!
This songs brings back many memories of my youth some sad some good. I remember my dad singing this song in his old car as we traveled on holidays.
Same here Ms Adebiyi ..... 😅 ... my Dads favourite ... rest in peace Mom and Dad, love you both!
today is 17th nov.2019 ,sixtysix years old man I am still listening the song , listened at least ten thousand times.
Me too
I am 54 years and i listen to this whenever i am free....atleast 7 times a week
I am 85 and still love this song. Wonderful singer.
My too
Yes me to
His voice and songs were on near constant play on the radio in the Caribbean when I was just a kid. Lovely memory.
Hello Judith, How are you doing?
Harry your voice, art of expression which comes in from your soul proves .................you are our Ambassador and the best!! I unite with you from a far away land named India, Calcutta now Kolkata, the place from where late Tagore, poet, lyricist did lighten the world as you go on doing. Kolkata adores you from the bottom of our hearts. Harry, we wait eagerly to hear you more and more songs about us the global common citizens.........like of Kolkata.
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I saw this wonderful man when he was here in Salt Lake City , Utah
My elder daughter Anjalee is singing this song. It is fabulous and hats off to Harry. I do not have words to say. It is out standing.
this is one of the songs our family sang - a regular in our folk song nights and hootenannies! I still remember at 5 this song made me cry, because I thought a little girl like me was being left behind on the shore.
Jamaican ppl are beautiful just like their music and melody...👍🌻
I was a little boy when he was one of the top crooner..He captured the world of.music . cause of different style.the world enjoyed his music.
This is what is called 'Ageing Gracefully!'. Great song from a great singer
Love the song, love the singer, love the band and the backing singers!
My late mom loved Belafonte and ALL his songs . And as the years go by, i have come to LOVE his songs as well. It,s so hard to hold back the tears while listening to this song because it brings back memories of happy childhood days gone forever!
Harry Belafonte................THANK YOU FOR FOR SHARING YOUR GIFT WITH US!
God bless you for sharing.
Sad to say i feel the same and i am 84 years old always try my sons and gransons to hear his songs and enjoy
@Evs Mahal....💯...The memories are so strong. Those days when as a kid used to listen to this. They seem to belong to an era gone by.
My beloved son, just loved his music and song, too ...He would been a great in doing his music, if he was alive...✝️🌻
One of my happiest memories was seeing Mr. Belafonte at the Music Center in Los Angeles for my 18th birthday gift back in 1970. My Dad always played Belafonte's Carnegie Live album on Sundays. I still play that album today. My kids also grew up listening to Mr. Belafonte.
What a joy his music brings the heart. Day-O......
Oh wow That is fantastic x
🌿🌹Harry is such a vibrant singer. Just makes you feel good !!!
I am now 36 years old. I used to sing this song at my primary school choir in the 90s, with love from South Africa 🇿🇦
This song makes me reminisce my childhood. Ma mum loved his songs... but she passed on recently. Love you sweet mum ❤😭❤😭❤🌹🌹🌹
Listened to Mr Harry Belafonte on my grannies radio most nights after school. Love reliving the experience. RIP
How can you not love this man Just Great!!!
I am happy, I can still listen to this in 2022 and enjoy it as I did many years ago.
@@lydiafayanjuola5514 same here.
My grandpa used to play this on the TV with me and my sisters. 9 years later it brings back memories of those good days. He's still alive at 80+ years old and I visited my home country a few months ago and he was still listening to this song :)
I am just 15 but already have heard most of his songs... By the way I am also from India...
I am a Filipino but I lived in Brazil. I have a daughter and grandchildren both Brazilian living in India
I'm too interested
You're not 15. Stop telling lies
Golden oldies!
Same. I am also bengali.
This video has me bawling my eyes out. My dad used to sing my three sisters and me to sleep with this song, among others, while playing his classical guitar. He died at 53 in a car accident that left me crippled. I've sung this song many times over the years without crying. But,for some reason, the part where Belafonte has the audience singing brought back a flood of memories. Memories of my dad and my island home - now so far away. 😭
😢
In 2011 I had been to South America leaving my 6 year old son at home. This was the song I use to hear several times a day to keep away my loneliness. I even cried after hearing it in the Easter Island. So very touchy. Hats off to Belafonte 👍👍
Oh how sad, very sorry to hear of your loss and what you are going through now.:-(
I'm so glad that I have my mom's taste in all kinds of music!!! I love Mr. Belafonte
So fresh and loving It takes me back to my school days !!!!!!!!!!!
Time tested performance ... Audience of world was spell bound ... till present day ... performance would be remembered with respect for many many years to come .... I am just "FIDA" whenever I am hearing him ... simply mesmerized with his tonal quality of his voice as well as the style ....
RIP Harry, My favorite from my school days, I'm from India I love u
Great voice!! Harry... happy belated birthday 🎉
Hello Mr Harry Belafontie legend wonderfull thankyou for sharing
❤❤❤🌹🌄🎇🌠🌄🌹❤❤❤ I'm 80 years now + so happy to hear Harry Belafonte's songs! He was my first big love as a little girl, his appearance fascinated me and is doing this till now. May he make all the soals in heaven also happy! 🙏🕯️
Really missed my dad. One of his favorite when I was a young man. May his gentle soul rest in peace.
ตอนเด็กพ่อแม่ฉันชอบฟังเพลงของคุณเรามีแผ่นเสียงคุณ...สมัยเพลงDay O ฉันเป็นคนไทย...ชอบเสียงคุณมาก👍👍👍👍
This song reminds me of school days. Music teacher playing this song. Telling us about this singer. Nostalgia hitting hard.♥️
I saw him once in London and what a performer absolutely fantastic ,gets everybody joining in ,really an amzing ,handsome man
This is how to control the stage & audience together. Came to listen this evergreen song, but going back with respect with his eccentric control ability. Take love from India. ♥️
70 years old and love this music music teacher taught us this song when just 12 wished I'd taken notice then all those years I've missed ❤
I was 6 yeras old when I firs her Harry and am 67 now and still LOVE him I wish hi will always remembered
Soy la misma edad y el trabajado en Puerto Rico gobernadores senadores todo y me gusta atender y ayudar a las tablas en la base de roomba robot Ceiba Aguadilla bucanans soy Leandro
Whenever i listen to his songs, i can feel his feeling toward the love of human beings. and i also love to sing this song at karaoke!
How do you express the purity of this music extraordinaire ?
Indescribable indeed. God bless you Papa Belafonte.
C'EST MAGNIFIQUE, BRAVO ET MERCI hARRY,ET MERCI eGON POUR CET BEAU VIDEO.
Harry Bellafonte - simply mesmerising. wonderful singing. Bless him
Greetings from capital of proud Poland, Warsaw admirers of Harry Belafonte - all without exception!
It filled my heart with a childish like joy. What a joy, yet inevitable to resist the tears of joy.
Great MAN, great voice, great song!
Thank you mr.Belafonte for your songs, your courage and engagement for a better world and human dignity!
I sing some of your songs with my kids, i tell them about you, Poitier, King Cole, Rosa and others. People who did not just existed, but also cared about human issues.
great
Rust in vrede, bedankt voor de mooie muziek. Ik was nog heel jong ,maar was al fan .
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RIP Harry Belafonte !
Love & respect from India.
When I first heard this song I was about 10 years old. I have loved it for 60 years!!
My favorite from my childhood. My mom would play this on the stereo while I was going to sleep. Such great music! Thanks for memories, Mr. Harry Belafonte!
WOW AWESOME SINGER, AMAZING TUNE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
One of Hon Raila's Favourite Song 🇰🇪🇰🇪 shine on your way Bellafonte
That guy who is blowing something kind a flute gosh that thing is so sweet,I love the song though I can't watch it without shedding tears.
Why? Just curious! I like the song but it is not exactly a tearjerker.
It's a Penny whistle.
Banned in South Africa during Apartheid & people were arrested for using them.
@@orane3549 It reminds me of my high-school girlfriend.War broke,i left in a hurry , wasn't able to pick her contacts,nor a chance to say goodbye.Ever since,i haven't had a chance to see her.
@@hapijen4828 Wow!,what an experience
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Penny whistle is also very much part of the Irish culture & not the easiest instrument to play -
very squeaky when you're learning- but very cheap to buy - 1 Penny.
But that player has the sweetest sound.
I had been listening to his songs during my younger times, and the more now, the instruments or the band group accompanied him during this recent concert, were so terrific, wonderful to listen. This concert is the sound I choose with my earpiece while having a walking exercise, so lovely! Thanks, Mr. Harry Belafonte!
Woooo he still the same I was 7 years when I started to listen to his songs and now I am 64 God blessed you😘😘✌️🙏🙏🙏
Hello Martha, How are you doing?
Nuff respect from Kingston, Jamaica. We love you Harry!
I love Jamaica ! I was in Jamaica 6 years ago , so much i want to come back !
One of the delights in singing to an audience, as an entertainer, is when you have them onside singing with you. Makes you feel you are certainly doing your job well as an entertainer. The money you get is good, but the reaction you get, is priceless...it is wonderful.
I was once told that is rude.
RIP Harry Belafonte! Thank you for the music.❤❤❤
Merci pour cette magnifique chanson je pense à mon papa qui n'est plus de ce monde.
had the pleasure to see mr harry Belafonte live in concert, and went 10 times to Jamaica, then you understand the music
Harry; el mundo sabe que tu alegrastes la vida de muchos con tu fantástica música?From Madrid España Eddy Nova.
Harry Belafonte altijd al een fan van geweest, alle liedjes van hem vind ik heerlijk om naar te luisteren. Zo,n lieve man, en een prachtige stem, love HIM! Liefs marian.
Belafonte and Makeba.
Two giants .
Two legends.
They made magic together.
very true......
Rip Harry. You were a hero and inspiration to many of us. WE LOVED YOU IN SOUTH AFRICA.