Hollywood legend and Oscar winner Sidney Poitier dead at 94
Actor Sidney Portier has died at the age of 94. He was the first African-American actor to win an Oscar for a leading role.
Olivia Miller 
Actor Sidney Poitier has died. He died at the age of 94. For his role in Lilies of the Field, in 1964, he became the first African-American actor to win an Oscar for a leading role.
Fans mourn Sidney Portier: "One of the greatest of all time".
On Twitter, his fans mourn and express their sympathy for his family. "One of the greatest of all time, may he rest in peace," it says there, for example.
