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BREAKING: Sidney Poitier, the first black man to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, has died
Coventina
(27,121 posts)Paladin
(28,264 posts)BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)He was so wonderful in every way. Plus I had the biggest crush on him as a young teen!
RIP dear man.
malaise
(269,054 posts)You think you had a crush?
I hope they were happy!!
MuseRider
(34,111 posts)I thought he was one of the most beautiful men I had ever seen and his voice, just wow. Once I found out his politics it was apparent he was a full package of greatness.
He has left us with so much. A life more than just well lived. So sad.
BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,131 posts)I thought he was so handsome and debonaire.
Swoon.....
BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)malaise
(269,054 posts)It was a complete accident - in a supermarket aisle in Nassau. He said hello and I told him one of my best friends adored him. I then asked him if it would be rude to ask him for an autograph for her. He asked me her name and wrote it. She still has it - more than 50 years later.
He was a wonderful progressive man.
BeyondGeography
(39,374 posts)Its as I always imagined him. Civilization defined.
malaise
(269,054 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,374 posts)His character transcended his looks, which is saying something.
malaise
(269,054 posts)I still remember that lovely day.
crickets
(25,981 posts)I know he's done so many other stage roles and movies (A Patch of Blue, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, In the Heat of the Night, They Call Me Mister Tibbs) but to me, he's always 'Sir.'
malaise
(269,054 posts)I think I loved Kathryn Hepburn even more after Guess Whos Coming to Dinner.
BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)gademocrat7
(10,659 posts)Brilliant actor.
spanone
(135,844 posts)FalloutShelter
(11,869 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(145,321 posts)hlthe2b
(102,292 posts)Much respect for you.
sheshe2
(83,791 posts)CNN just showed a few clips of his movies. They also showed Barack Obama awarding him the medal of freedom.
I am going to miss this man. Rest in peace, Sir.
whathehell
(29,067 posts)StarryNite
(9,446 posts)Rest in Peace Sidney Poitier. Head towards that Patch of Blue.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)blogslug
(38,002 posts)Goodbye to you, Mr. Poitier.
virgdem
(2,126 posts)I just saw him the other day in To Sir with Love. His acting and presence always had a quiet dignity that infused all of his roles.
Tommymac
(7,263 posts)Botany
(70,516 posts)Budi
(15,325 posts)Link to tweet
Iconic actor Sidney Poitier, a true trailblazer, has died at age 94 from complications of dementia.
"My Great Uncle was his Doctor and saved his life by finding cancer another Dr. missed. He showed up at my Uncles funeral & kissed the casket. He was a classy man. RIP."
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Johonny
(20,851 posts)Upthevibe
(8,052 posts)to amazing actor and human being....
vlyons
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malaise
(269,054 posts)FakeNoose
(32,645 posts)Rest in Peace Sidney Poitier!