: Sidney Poitier, trailblazer from ‘To Sir, With Love’ and ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner’ dies #IndiaNEWS Trailblazing Hollywood icon Sidney Poitier, the first Black male performer to win

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Sidney Poitier, trailblazer from ‘To Sir, With Love’ and ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner’ dies #IndiaNEWS
Trailblazing Hollywood icon Sidney Poitier, the first Black male performer to win an Academy Award for Best Actor, died on Thursday. He was 94.The Bahamian-American actor’s demise was announced by the Bahamian Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell on Friday.BREAKING: Beloved Bahamian actor and former ambassador Sir Sidney Poitier has died. He was 94. A Broadway play about the trailblazing career of the visionary actor was announced last month. Sir Sidneys death was confirmed by Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell. pic.twitter.com/WVJFlog3tC— Eyewitness News Bahamas (@ewnewsbahamas) January 7, 2022 Poitier’s acting roles and the films he directed paved the path for generations of Black actors and directors. He received a string of accolades and awards over a career that spanned seven decades. These include two more Oscar nominations, two Primetime Emmy Awards nominations and six BAFTA nominations. Poitier also received an honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire from Queen Elizabeth II in 1974 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom from the United States government in 2009. He was born Sidney L Poitier on February 20, 1927. After appearances in stage productions, Poitier drew good notices for his role in Joseph L Mankiewicz’s No Way...Read more

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