Actor Sidney Poitier dead at 94
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Sidney Poitier arrives at the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscars Party in West Hollywood, California. Photo: Reuters
Sidney Poitier, who broke through racial barriers as the first Black winner of the best actor Oscar for his role in "Lilies of the Field," and inspired a generation during the civil rights movement, has died at age 94, Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Davis says.
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