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Jan 7, 2022 · Sidney Poitier, whose elegant bearing and principled onscreen characters made him Hollywood’s first Black movie star and the first Black man to win the best actor Oscar, has died. He was 94.
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Jan 7, 2022 · Sidney Poitier, the first black man to win a best actor Oscar, has died at 94. The Hollywood star's death was confirmed to the BBC by the office of Fred Mitchell, the Bahamas' minister of foreign ...
Jan 7, 2022 · Sidney Poitier, the first black man to win a best actor Oscar, has died at 94. The Hollywood star's death was confirmed to the BBC by the office of Fred Mitchell, the Bahamas' minister of foreign ...
Jan 7, 2022 · Sidney Poitier, Regal Star of the Big Screen, Dies at 94. The Oscar-winning actor, memorable in such films as 'Lilies of the Field,' 'To Sir, With Love' and 'In the Heat of the Night,' broke ...
Jan 7, 2022 · In 1964, the year that Martin Luther King won the Nobel Prize and Congress passed the Civil Rights Act, Poitier won best actor for the 1963 film “Lilies of the Field,” marking another first.
Sidney Poitier on the set of To Sir With Love in 1966. Iconic movie star Sidney Poitier, the first Black actor to win the best actor Oscar, has died. He was 94. Poitier won the Oscar for 1963 ...
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Jan 8, 2022 · 1 of 10 | . REMOVES REFERENCE TO THE BAHAMAS - FILE - Actor Sidney Poitier poses for a portrait in Beverly Hills, Calif. on June 2, 2008. Poitier, the groundbreaking actor and enduring inspiration who transformed how Black people were portrayed on screen, became the first Black actor to win an Academy Award for best lead performance and the first to be a top box-office draw, died Thursday, Jan ...
