{"id":10721,"date":"2026-02-28T21:12:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eirikurjonsson.is\/?p=10721"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:12:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:12:52","slug":"harry-belafonte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eirikurjonsson.is\/index.php\/2026\/02\/28\/harry-belafonte\/","title":{"rendered":"HARRY BELAFONTE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>F\u00e6\u00f0ingardagur Harry Belafonte (1927-2023). Fyrsti einstaklingurinn sem rauf millj\u00f3n eintaka s\u00f6lum\u00farinn \u00e1 hlj\u00f3mpl\u00f6tumarka\u00f0num. Platan h\u00e9t Calypso og Harry f\u00e9kk vi\u00f0urnefni\u00f0 King of Calypso. 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Hann l\u00e9t r\u00e9ttindabar\u00e1ttu bl\u00f6kkumanna \u00ed Bandar\u00edkjunum mj\u00f6g til s\u00edn taka og var tr\u00fana\u00f0arvinur og r\u00e1\u00f0gjafi Martin Luther King.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"50JW4aHHm5Q\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Harry Belafonte - Island in the Sun (Live)\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/50JW4aHHm5Q?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>F\u00e6\u00f0ingardagur Harry Belafonte (1927-2023). Fyrsti einstaklingurinn sem rauf millj\u00f3n eintaka s\u00f6lum\u00farinn \u00e1 hlj\u00f3mpl\u00f6tumarka\u00f0num. Platan h\u00e9t Calypso og Harry f\u00e9kk vi\u00f0urnefni\u00f0 King of Calypso. 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