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Legendary Sidney Poitier the first black man to win an Oscar passes away
Legendary Sidney Poitier - the first Black man to win an Oscar, passed away on January 06, 2022 at the age of 94 in Los Angeles, California, U.S.
The legendary thespian’s death was announced by the Foreign Affairs Minister of Bahamas, Fred Mitchell.
Sidney Poitier will be remembered for the characters he played in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, In the Heat of the Night, and Lilies of the Field.
Sidney Poitier will be remembered for the characters he played in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, In the Heat of the Night, and Lilies of the Field (for which he won the Oscar) .
Sidney L. Poitier KBE – full name was a Bahamian-American actor, film director, activist, and ambassador.
In 1964, he was the first Black person and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. Sidney Poitier has received many nominations in his career that includes two Academy Award nominations, ten Golden Globes nominations, two Primetime Emmy Awards nominations, six BAFTA nominations, eight Laurel nominations, and one Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG) nomination.
From 1997 to 2007, Sidney Poitier served as the Bahamian Ambassador to Japan.
Sidney Poitier married twice, the first time to Juanita Hardy from 1960 to 1965 and Joanna Shimkus in 1976. Sidney Poitier is survived by six children, eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
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