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Cy Grant: Actor, Singer and Writer – (November 08, 1919 – February 13, 2010)

Cy was born in Beterverwagting, Guyana. He was an actor, singer, and writer who in the 1950s became the First black person to appear regularly on British television.

Following service in the Royal Air Force during World War II, he worked as an actor and singer. He was a certified Barrister and then became interested in acting.

He sang the original version of the worldwide hit “Feeling Good” (later made famous by Michael Buble) in the Anthony Newley-Leslie Bricusse stage play “The Roar of the Greasepaint, The Smell of the Crowd” opening night at the theater Royal Nottingham, England on August 03, 1964.

He collaborated with John Mapondera to set up the Drum Arts Centre in London in 1974, which was considered a landmark in the development of black theater.

He was appointed director of Concord Multicultural Festivals in the early 1980s.

His screen, recording, and writing credits are too many to mention as his career spanned over 60 years.

He was the great-grandson of a slave and one of seven children born to a Moravian minister and a music teacher.

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