LOS ANGELES: Sidney Poitier (pic), Hollywood's first major Black movie star, has died aged 94, the Bahamas government announced Friday (Jan 7).
Poitier, who held dual US and Bahamian nationality, was "an icon, a hero, a mentor, a fighter, a national treasure," Deputy Prime Minister Chester Cooper said on his official Facebook page.
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