Sir Sidney Poitier, A Hollywood Legend Passes Away

Sir Sidney Poitier passes away at age 94.

The Bahamian Minister of Foreign Affairs confirmed to TMZ that Sir Sidney Poitier passed away. He was the first Black man to win an Oscar for best actor. He was Knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1974. Poitier is best known for The Defiant Once, Lilies of the Field In the Heat of the Night, To Sir, With Love and Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? Poitier was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009.

Hollywood Reacts

RIP to a true gentlemen, legend, and the first African-American Academy Award winner for Best Actor Sidney Poitier. pic.twitter.com/FsKO8nQb7l
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) January 7, 2022

Sidney Poitier, the first Black man to win an Oscar, has died at the age of 94. The star of “Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner” and “Lilies of the Field,” for which he won Best Actor, was a trailblazer who will be mourned by so many for whom he opened the very doors of Hollywood.
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) January 7, 2022

Sir #SidneyPoitier, your brilliant light will never dim. The doors you opened and paths you created will continue to make way for those with a dream. You showed the world that with vision and grace, all is possible.

📸: Mathieu Bitton pic.twitter.com/Y0agy7P7Gg
— Lenny Kravitz (@LennyKravitz) January 7, 2022

Sidney Poitier. What a landmark actor. One of a kind. What a beautiful, gracious, warm, genuinely regal man. RIP, Sir. With love.

(📷Sam Falk/NYT) pic.twitter.com/5ZaKxxPdxw
— Jeffrey Wright (@jfreewright) January 7, 2022

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