Legendary actor Sidney Poitier, the first Black man to ever win an Academy Award, has died at age 94.His death was first announced by the Bahamas Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell on Friday morning. Poitier’s death was confirmed to NBC News by a source close to the family. Trending Stories Canada headed for nursing shortage ‘beyond anything we’ve ever experienced’: experts IHU COVID-19 variant not ‘circulating widely at the moment,’ WHO says No cause of death has been revealed.Poitier is survived by Joanna, his wife of 45 years, and six daughters.—This is a developing story… more to come. © 2022 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.
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