Sidney Poitier, First Black Man To Win Oscar For Best Actor, Dies At Age 94: Reports

Throughout his career, Sidney Poitier continued to do things no Black man had ever done in Hollywood before. Larry Busacca/VF14 via Getty Images Sidney Poitier, the Bahamian-American actor who broke numerous Hollywood barriers in the 1950s and 1960s — most famously in 1964 when he became the first Black man to win the Oscar for best actor — has died, Bahamian news outlets reported Friday, citing the country’s minister of foreign affairs. He was 94. Details on the timing and manner of his death were not immediately available. Advertisement Over his career, Poitier was repeatedly the “first.” He became the… Read Full Article