Sir Sidney Poitier has died at the age of 94. Sidney Poitier (February 20, 1927 - January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian-American actor, film director and ambassador. In 1964, he was the first black person and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. He received two Academy Award nominations, ten Golden Globes nominations, two Primetime Emmy Awards nominations, six BAFTA nominations, eight Laurel nominations, one Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG) nomination, one Grammy Award, and another Grammy nomination.
The world is a better place having known him.