Sidney Poitier

1 hour agoActor Sidney Poitier who changed the face of Hollywood dies at 94 Actor Sidney Poitier died this week at 94. Poitier was 44 years old at the time.

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The news was announced by the Bahamian minister of foreign affairs Fred Mitchell prompting tributes from the world of entertainment.

. Sidney Poitier the renowned Hollywood icon 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. Critic Bob Mondello examines the crucial decade that made Poitier a box office star.

23 hours agoSidney Poitier and John Cassavetes in 1957s Edge of the City Getty Images While Poitiers career is legendary his private life wasnt as glamorous. His death was confirmed by the office of the prime minister of the Bahamas according to multiple news organizations including both wires. Sidney Poitier whose elegant bearing and principled onscreen characters made him Hollywoods first Black movie star and the first Black man to win the best actor Oscar has died.

He received his award for playing Homer Smith in Lilies of the Field 1963 at The 36th Annual Academy Awards 1964. Poitier was the first Black person to win a Best Actor Oscar and for people of a certain age his image was. 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.

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. 21 hours agoSidney Poitier groundbreaking star of American movies has died at the age of 94.

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