Sidney Poitier, Oscar-winning Bahamian-American actor, dies at 94

Sidney Poitier, a Bahamian-American actor who became the first Black man to win the Academy Award for Best Actor and someone who transformed how Black people were portrayed on screen, has died. He was 94. 

News of the legendary actor and filmmaker s death was confirmed to FOX News by the Bahamas Foreign Affairs’ office, which said Portier died Thursday in the country.

via www.fox29.com

I really liked Sidney Poitier. Still, at 94, he lived a long life. He was great in “To Sir, with Love,” a movie that could never be made today because of its school girl crush overtones. Great theme song, at least to my naïve school boy ears.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTapoA5RQyo