John Travolta leads celebrity tributes to late costar Harry Belafonte
msn.comJohn Travolta penned a heartfelt tribute to his late White Man's Burden costar Harry Belafonte, who passed away from congestive heart failure, at 96, on Tuesday.
Hours after the civil rights icon's spokesman confirmed he died at his home in the Upper West Side of Manhattan with his wife Pamela by his side, the Grease star, 69, paid homage to the Caribbean-American pop star on his Instagram Story. 'I had the great pleasure of working with Harry Belafonte in 1995,' the father-of-three captioned a black and white image of them together. 'He was the definition of grace, poise, and generosity of spirit.
We will miss you Harry. 'The photo, shared with his 4. 8 million Instagram followers, was a still from their 1995 film, inspired by the famous poem of the same title by Rudyard Kipling.
The plot, according to IMBD, follows 'an alternative America where African-Americans and White Americans have reversed cultural roles. ' Travolta, portrays a white factory worker kidnaps Belafonte, a Black factory owner for firing him 'over a perceived disdain. ' Belafonte's death comes after a year of losses suffered by the Saturday Night Fever actor, including Olivia Newton-John, famous for her portrayal of Sandy in Grease and his friend of more than three decades, Kirstie Alley, who both died in 2022.
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