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Sidney Poitier, the first black man to win the best actor Academy Award, dies aged 94 - ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/20....22-01-08/sidney-poit

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The Bahamian Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms the death of Poitier, who broke racial barriers as the first black winner of the best actor Oscar for his role in Lilies of the Field in 1963 and inspired a generation during the civil rights movement