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Sir Sidney L. Poitier KBE (February 20, 1927 - January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian-American actor, director, activist, and diplomat, known for his trailblazing film and stage work in the 1950s and 1960s. He first appeared in an uncredited role in Sepia Cinderella (1947), and would go on to appear in many films, notably including No Way Out (1950), Cry, the Beloved Country (1951), The Defiant Ones (1958), Porgy and Bess (1959), A Raisin in the Sun (1961), Paris Blues (1961), Lilies of the Field (1963), A Patch of Blue (1965), To Sir, with Love (1967) In the Heat of the Night (1967), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), and For Love of Ivy (1968). He also directed some of the films in which he appeared, plus several more including Buck and the Preacher (1972), A Warm December (1973), Uptown Saturday Night (1974), Let's Do It Again (1975), Hanky Panky (1982), and Ghost Dad (1990). He was nominated for many rewards, receiving two Academy Awards, two British Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Additionally, he was the recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1992, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994.

On January 6, 2022, Poitier died of a combination of heart failure, prostate cancer, and Alzheimer's disease, as reported by Los Angeles County coroners. He was 94.

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