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Sidney Poitier has died at age 94, an official from the Bahamian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday.

Posted: Jan 07, 2022 11:10 AM ET | Last Updated: 22 minutes ago

Actor Sidney Poitier is photographed with his Oscar statuette at the 36th Annual Academy Awards in Santa Monica, Calif., on April 13, 1964. He won best actor for his role in Lillies of the Field. Poitier has died at age 94. Sidney Poitier, who broke through racial barriers as the first Black winner of the best actor Oscar in 1964 for his role in, and inspired a generation during the U.S. civil rights movement, has died at age 94, an official from the Bahamian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday.

Eugene Torchon-Newry, acting director general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, confirmed that Poitier died on Thursday in the Bahamas.The Defiant Ones, In the Heat of the Night, A Patch of Blue

 

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