Sidney Poitier, First Black Man To Win Oscar For Best Actor, Dies At Age 94: Reports

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RIP Sidney Poitier


https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/...ycsrp_catchall


Sidney Poitier, First Black Man To Win Oscar For Best Actor, Dies At Age 94: Reports

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Poitier




Poitier (left) at the 1963 March on Washington, alongside actors Harry Belafonte and Charlton Heston


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBt8L9u8h6g


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e4i5IxP2JQ
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Great actor
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Great actor Originally Posted by lilylivered

great man

In April 1997, Poitier was appointed ambassador from the Bahamas to Japan, a position he held until 2007.[4][93] From 2002 to 2007, he was concurrently the ambassador of the Bahamas to UNESCO.[94]


a NYer too




Sidney Poitier's house in Stuyvesant, New York


damn nice house
He inspired me to teach.
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He inspired me to teach. Originally Posted by Withnail

excellent legacy. he would have approved.
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good thread RIP
A real class act, no pun intended.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV1qmmMwc9M
Wonderful human.wish my step daughter brought him to dinner instead of Trandavious. RIP
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another good clip of his work. again with Richard Widmark.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdjivWATOx0
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A true role model on and off the silver screen. RIP .