RIP Sidney Poitier, 1927-2022

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07 Jan 2022, 10:40 am

https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1546542/Sidney-Poitier-dead-sir-death-cause-of-death-health-news-latest-update

Another legend gone.

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07 Jan 2022, 10:51 am

RIP

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07 Jan 2022, 11:09 am

Wasn't he in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?"

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07 Jan 2022, 11:09 am

:cry: The man had class.
A Patch of Blue is a great film, one of many.

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07 Jan 2022, 11:12 am

Summer_Twilight wrote:

Wasn't he in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?"

Yes, and Many More Besides .

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07 Jan 2022, 11:29 am

In the Heat of the Night is a favorite film of mine. I've seen it several times.

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07 Jan 2022, 12:02 pm

I was always fond of "Lilies of the Field" (1963) and "To Sir, With Love" (1967).

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07 Jan 2022, 4:08 pm

One right after another! Could 2022 be a repeat of 2016?

First Betty White, then Peter Bogdanovich, and now Sidney Poitier!

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07 Jan 2022, 5:02 pm

I thought he was great in the little-known film For Love of Ivy. So talented, so handsome...R.I.P.

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07 Jan 2022, 9:01 pm

Fnord wrote:

Summer_Twilight wrote:

Wasn't he in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?"

Yes, and Many More Besides .

I was going to add, he had a huge portfolio of masterpieces.

The biggest praise comes from acting giant Denzel Washington who said “Sir, I’ll be chasing you, Sidney. I’ll always be following in your footsteps.”. That's big praise, not mention his oscar.

A curious coincidence is that he died the same day as Peter Bogdanovich who directed what might be his best remembered film "To sir with Love"

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