Sidney Poitier

February 20 1927 January 6 2022 was a Bahamian-American actor film director and ambassador. He received his award for playing Homer Smith in Lilies of the Field 1963 at The 36th Annual Academy Awards 1964.

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Poitier was a Bahamian-American actor who appeared in more than 50 films was an Oscar winner and a great trailblazer in Hollywood. Poitier was 44 years old at the time. 2 days agoSidney Poitier the beloved Oscar-winning actor has died.

Sidney Poitier Hollywoods first Black movie star and the first Black man to win the best actor Oscar has died at 94. With the death of Maximilian Schell on February 1 2014 he is the earliest surviving actor to have won the Academy Award for Best Actor. In 1964 he was the first black person and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor.

The Acadamy Award winners death was confirmed by Bahamas Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell via Eyewitness. The stars death was confirmed to Fox News on Friday by the Bahamian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office. The Hollywood star was known for films including Guess Whos Coming to Dinner In the Heat of the Night and Lilies of the Field for which he became the first Black and Bahamian man to win a Best Actor Oscar.

Sidney Poitier the renowned Hollywood actor director and activist who commanded the screen reshaped the culture and paved the way for countless other Black actors with stirring performances in. Sidney Poitier has died aged 94.

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