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Sidney Poitier
(1927-2022)
Bahamian and American actor, filmmaker, diplomat
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Sidney Poitier KBE ( PWAH-tyay; February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian-American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1963, he was the first Black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. He received two competitive Golden Globe Awards, a competitive British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), and a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album. Poitier was one of the last major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.

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Born Sidney L. Poitier
20 February 1927
Miami, Florida, USA
Died
6 January 2022 (aged 94)
Beverly Hills, California, USA
Zodiac Pisces
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