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Sidney Poitier, first black man to win
award for best actor, dead at 94

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Posted By: ladydawgfan, 1/7/2022 12:44:08 PM

Sidney Poitier, the first black man to win an Academy Award for best actor in 1964, has died at the age of 94. Poitier was known for his role as Dr. John Wade Prentice in the 1967 film Guess Who's Coming To Dinner. He won a variety of awards and was nominated to receive two more Academy Awards, 10 Golden Globes awards, 10 Primetime Emmy Awards, and one Screen Actors Guild Award. His cause of death is currently unknown.

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Entire article. I remember him from one of my favorite movies. "To Sir, With Love." R.I.P., Sir!!

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Reply 1 - Posted by: john56 1/7/2022 12:54:42 PM (No. 1031269)
To Sir with Love was on TV the other day -- RIP
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Reply 2 - Posted by: KatieJo 1/7/2022 1:03:50 PM (No. 1031281)
Another jab death?
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Reply 3 - Posted by: sunshinehorses 1/7/2022 1:04:02 PM (No. 1031282)
I loved a good many of his movies. God Bless.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: DVC 1/7/2022 1:14:54 PM (No. 1031296)
How long before Joyless blames this on white supremacists?
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Hazymac 1/7/2022 1:25:17 PM (No. 1031302)
I first remembered him in 1963's "Lilies of the Field." Amen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn6w255CGkk When I last visited Nassau, Bahamas I couldn't resist looking up "Poitier" in the local phonebook. IIRC, there were over forty. RIP, Mr. Poitier. I really enjoyed your work.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Zeek Wolfe 1/7/2022 1:31:10 PM (No. 1031307)
Some actors, while very good and talented, make the job look difficult. Poitier made it look easy especially in LILIES OF THE FIELD. An actor that made it look hard, well, take your pick...Tony Curtis, Richard Gere, Fred McMurray, Alan Ladd, Joan Crawford. The list is endless. Oh, another actor that made it look easy, Susan Hayward.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Toby Ten Bears 1/7/2022 1:39:10 PM (No. 1031316)
Buh-Bye
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Catherine 1/7/2022 1:45:32 PM (No. 1031325)
Two of my favorite movies: Lilies of The Field and To Sir With Love. I doubt I saw the others. He was a nice guy. May he rest in peace.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: john56 1/7/2022 1:46:50 PM (No. 1031326)
Jab or no jab, making it to 94 is pretty good anyway.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Hazymac 1/7/2022 1:51:06 PM (No. 1031330)
Here's another recommendation of a Poitier movie: 1988's Shoot to Kill. Imdb's description: "An F.B.I. Agent teams up with a tracker to pursue a murderer after he vanishes into the mountains and infiltrates a hiking group." Good fun. This actor was a total professional, and he had a good run.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Lala 1/7/2022 2:01:58 PM (No. 1031341)
In the Heat of the Night was my favorite. “They call me Mister Tibbs.” Also Guess Whose Coming to Dinner. Great actor. RIP
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Reply 12 - Posted by: anniebc 1/7/2022 2:34:21 PM (No. 1031367)
"They call me Mr. Tibbs." Great minds, poster 11. Lulu and "To Sir With Love."
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Reply 13 - Posted by: Ida Lou Pino 1/7/2022 3:12:50 PM (No. 1031397)
Yes - - but - - but - - who was the first white actor to win an Academy Award - - and why isn't he being celebrated?
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Reply 14 - Posted by: MDConservative 1/7/2022 3:23:45 PM (No. 1031403)
The apotheosis of St. Sydney will begin in three...two...one...
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Reply 15 - Posted by: jinx 1/7/2022 3:41:39 PM (No. 1031417)
He was a good actor but also a Socialist. I will not praise him along with the Socialist/Communist celebrities.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: Skinnydip 1/7/2022 3:45:31 PM (No. 1031422)
Emil Jannings was the first white person to win the Oscar for Best Actor. He died in 1950.
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Reply 17 - Posted by: lakerman1 1/7/2022 5:42:02 PM (No. 1031506)
He brought a remarkable sense of dignity to his work. Most of his movies were great, although I thought his weakest movie was Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, which caused Spencer Tracy to portray a white, implicit racist - a sad effort. The low point of the movie was Tracy theorizing as to why all Blacks were good dancers, and Portier forced to say this line.'Because we are dancing to our own music.' Katherine Hepburn had to portray a white dunce, and their daughter was completely forgettable, whoever she was.
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Reply 18 - Posted by: Cynical Backstory 1/7/2022 6:51:19 PM (No. 1031570)
A Patch of Blue. Shelly winters was the evil mother. I think that was her name. Loved her, she was such a great actress.
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Reply 19 - Posted by: LadyVet 1/7/2022 8:20:12 PM (No. 1031635)
Daily Mail has a pic of Barack Obama giving him a medal and looking like he was in love. Creepy.
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Reply 20 - Posted by: ussjimmycarter 1/8/2022 4:59:21 AM (No. 1031803)
Watched To Sir With Love for the 10th time last week! It gets better and better! What a great actor!
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