Legendary performer Sidney Poitier, known for being the first Black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1964, has died. The Tony nominee was 94. The Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Bahamas, where Poitier was raised, confirmed the death. Born in 1927, Poitier grew up in the Bahamas and moved to New York City at the age of 16. He quickly joined the North American Negro Theatre and landed h…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24PM on January 7, 2022