Obituary: Sidney Poitier was a Black movie star in the racially charged 1950s and 1960s and the first Black actor to command top billing and win an Oscar for a leading role
LOS ANGELES—Sidney Poitier, a trailblazing movie star in the racially charged 1950s and 1960s who became the first Black actor to command top billing in Hollywood films and win an Oscar for a leading role, has died. He was 94 years old.
His death was confirmed by Eugene Torchon-Newry, an official with the Bahamas Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who said it was confirmed by a member of the nation’s consulate corps in California.
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