EDITORIAL: Moment of silence for the late Sir Sidney Poitier

January 11, 2022

We thought it fitting to shut our fingers off in this editorial only to pay respects to an international legend in that of Bahamian-American Sir Sidney Poitier, who passed away last Friday at the age of 94.

May God be with his family in their time of mourning.

12 Aug 2009, Washington DC, USA — epa01821985 US President Barack Obama awards American actor Sidney Poitier the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom, America’s highest civilian honor, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, on 12 August 2009. Poitier is the first African American to be nominated and win a Best Actor Academy Award, receive an award at a top international film festival (Venice Film Festival), and be the top grossing movie star in the United States. EPA/MATTHEW CAVANAUGH — Image by © MATTHEW CAVANAUGH/epa/Corbis

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