Sidney Poitier, first Black actor to win best actor Academy Award, dies at 94

Poitier created a distinguished film legacy in a single year with three 1967 films at a time when segregation prevailed in much of the United States.

FILE PHOTO: Actor Sidney Poitier arrives at the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscars Party in West Hollywood

FILE PHOTO: Actor Sidney Poitier arrives at the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscars Party in West Hollywood

(photo credit: REUTERS/DANNY MOLOSHOK/FILE PHOTO)

ByREUTERS

JANUARY 7, 2022 20:42

Updated: JANUARY 7, 2022 21:20

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