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Sidney Poitier, first black man to win award for best actor, dead at 94

By Elizabeth Faddis
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Sidney Poitier, first black man to win award for best actor, dead at 94

Sidney Poitier, the first black man to win an Academy Award for best actor in 1964, died at the age of 94 on Thursday.

His death was confirmed on Friday by Clint Watson, press secretary for the prime minister of the Bahamas, according to CNN.

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