Fellow Actors React To Passing Of Sidney Poitier

By CBSLA Staff, CBS Los Angeles:

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Fellow actors and fans took to social media Friday to remember groundbreaking actor Sidney Poitier who died at 94 years old.

Poitier’s death was first announced by the Guardian Nassau newspaper, who confirmed the actor’s passing with Bahamian Deputy Prime Minister Chester Cooper and Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell.

Following the news of his death, the hashtag “RIP King” began trending on Twitter. Tributes also began to pour in for Poitier, the first Black man to win an Oscar for Best Actor.

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