Iconic actor and civil rights activist Sidney Poitier died Jan. 6 at the age of 94 Sidney Poitier's family is holding a private memorial service for the actor following his death earlier this month.

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Sidney Poitier was not expected to live. He was born two months premature to uneducated tomato farmers in the Caribbean. His father planned to use a shoe box as a makeshift coffin. Poitier's rise from ...

The Academy Award-winning actor reflects on making 'Roots' 45 years later and working with Sidney Poitier. Louis Gossett Jr. is looking back on his iconic work. The actor sat down with ET to reflect ...

As a newborn, Sidney Poitier — the legendary actor who passed away at 94 in January — was already at death’s door. “I was not expected to live,” says Poitier in the new documentary “Sidney,” which ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Actor Sidney Poitier died Jan. 6 at the age of 94. He was the first Black man to win an Oscar, for his leading role in 1963's ...

Apple TV+ just dropped the trailer for “Sidney,” a new documentary from Oprah Winfrey that follows the life and impact of the late movie legend Sidney Poitier. “To Sir, with Love” was just one of the ...

In a statement shared with ET on Sunday, Poitier's family said that a public memorial may be held in the future. Sir Sidney Poitier's memorial service will be held privately. In a statement shared ...

In theory there’s only so much to be done with a celebrity biography, but when the subject is Sidney Poitier, that’s an unusually target-rich environment. “Sidney,” a documentary from director ...

Dionne Warwick was a stalker. On Thursday, the legendary performer and current Queen of Twitter revealed on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” that she stalked the late Sidney Poitier. “I was coming ...

The New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center celebrates its beginnings, at a moment when Black history is under attack. By Jennifer Schuessler By Gabe Cohn Sidney Poitier is memorialized in this ...