Sidney Poitier

CNN 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. 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.

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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.

. The news was announced by the Bahamian Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell prompting tributes. He served as a medical attendant at a mental hospital in New York. In November 1943 16-year-old Sidney Poitier lied about his age and entered the Army as he was homeless and the military took him in out of the cold. Sidney Poitier who has died aged 94 was the first black actor to win an Oscar in a leading role in 1964 for his performance in Lilies of the Field.

Disliking Army life Poitier attempted to fake insanity in an attempt to get discharged. Sidney Poitier has died aged 94. This simple story about a handyman helping.

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