
JAN 07 Sidney Poitier - the first black man to win best actor Oscar - dies aged 94

***FILE PHOTO** Sidney Poitier Has Passed Away.
Sidney Poitier and Joanna Shimkus at An Evening In Honor Of Coretta Scott King at The Ambassador Hotel on December 2, 1969.
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