Oscar winning legendary actor Sidney Poitier passes away at 94

Oscar winning legendary actor Sidney Poitier passes away at 94

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Category : Obituaries Published on: January 10 2022

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  • Sidney Poitier, who became Hollywood's first Black movie star and the first Black man to win the Best Actor Oscar with his graceful manner and upright on screen roles, has died. 
  • He was 94 years old.
  • He earned an Oscar for his performance in 1963's "Lilies of the Field," in which he played an itinerant worker who assists a group of White nuns in the construction of a church.
  • The actor was knighted by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II in 1974 and served as the Bahamas' ambassador to Japan and the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. From 1994 to 2003, he was also a member of the Walt Disney Company's board of directors.
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