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    Sidney Poitier

    Bahamian and American actor and diplomat

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  1. Jan 19, 2022 · Poitier, who became the first Black man to win the Oscar for Best actor in 1964, died on the evening of January 6, 2022, at 94 years old. Poitier was born on February 20, 1927, in Miami,...

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  3. Jan 7, 2022 · Sidney Poitier, whose dignity and self-assertion ushered in a new era in the depiction of African-Americans in Hollywood films as the civil rights movement was remaking America, has died, a...

  4. Jan 8, 2022 · NEW YORK (AP) — Sidney Poitier, the groundbreaking actor and enduring inspiration who transformed how Black people were portrayed on screen, and became the first Black actor to win an Academy Award for best lead performance and the first to be a top box-office draw, has died. He was 94.

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  5. Jan 18, 2022 · The legendary actor died on Jan. 6 from a combination of heart failure, Alzheimer's dementia and prostate cancer, according to a death certificate obtained by E! News. He was 94. While he...

  6. Jan 8, 2022 · Actor Sidney Poitier died this week at 94. Critic Bob Mondello examines the crucial decade that made Poitier a box office star and changed the face of Hollywood.

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  7. Jan 7, 2022 · Sidney Poitier, a trailblazer for Hollywood diversity and a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, has died at 94. Poitier died Thursday in the Bahamas, acting director general of the...

  8. Jan 19, 2022 · Actor Sidney Poitier died from a combination of heart failure, prostate cancer and Alzheimer's dementia, according to his death certificate made public Tuesday.