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Sidney Poitier died from heart failure, according to the actor's death certificate. Poitier passed away at his Beverly Hills home at the age of 94 from cardiopulmonary failure on Jan. 6, the certificate obtained by TMZ said.

Beloved actor Sidney Poitier‘s cause of death has been officially released on his death certificate.

Sir Sidney Poitier's cause of death has been revealed.According to his death certificate obtained by  Tuesday, the legendary actor, who died Jan. 6 at the age of 94, suffered from a combination of heart failure, prostate cancer and dementia, which all lead to his passing.ET learned of the Oscar-winning actor, writer, director and activist's death via Clint Watson, press secretary for the Prime Minister of the Bahamas, who confirmed Poitier's passing.A source close to the family told ET at the time that Poitier had been bedridden for some time and passed away at his home in Beverly Hills, California.

(CNN)Sidney Poitier left behind a legacy of landmark performances, from his Oscar win for "Lilies of the Field" to the Oscar-winning "In the Heat of the Night," the latter coming in a year, 1967, that also saw him star in "To Sir, With Love" and "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner."The richness of the filmography assembled by Poitier, who died Thursday at the age of 94, makes it difficult to choose a favorite film or role. On different days, that might be "Porgy and Bess;" "A Raisin in the Sun," reprising his part in from the play about a struggling Chicago family; or "The Defiant Ones," which earned him his first best-actor Oscar nomination as an escapee on the run chained to a Southern bigot played by Tony Curtis.

Denzel Washington had quite the surprise on Monday’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

his death.MORE: In memoriam: remembering famous faces we lost in 2022The 53-year-old supermodel took to Instagram to share a carousel of images of Harry, both as a young child and more recently.WATCH: Stephanie Seymour makes an appearance at the 2013 MOCA galaShe also posted a poignant poem by author Donna Ashworth. It read: "I missed you today but that's nothing new, I missed you a million times yesterday too.

A pained observation: The only intriguing stories on Hollywood this week consisted of obits – all kinds of obits. There were obits reminding us of the remarkable lives of Sidney Poitier, Peter Bogdanovich and Betty White. Also speculative obits about the Golden Globes, sentimental obits about the extinct 20th Century Fox and even speculative obits about MGM and ICM.

Joyce Eliason, Emmy-nominated television writer and producer of TV miniseries and movies, including The Last Don, and The Jacksons: An American Dream, died Monday after a brief illness, according to her agent. She was 87.

What a terrible loss.

Sidney Poitier is the subject of a documentary currently in development for Apple Original Films with Oprah Winfrey set to executive produce.The documentary, from Winfrey’s Harpo Productions and Network Entertainment, has been in the works for more than a year. The project will be directed by Reggie Hudlin, whose credits include “House Party” and “Boomerang,” as well as episodes of TV series “The Last O.G.” and “Black Monday.” Hudlin is also known as the executive producer for the NAACP Image Awards since 2013. In the documentary realm, Hudlin directed the 2019 film “The Black Godfather” about the life and times of music producer Clarence Avant, who has recently been in the headlines following the murder of his wife, philanthropist Jackie Avant, in their Beverly Hills home.Hudlin is already a member of the Apple family, where he is producing two other documentaries for Apple TV+.

Editor’s note: Colman Domingo (Zola, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) is one of many Black actors whose careers were inspired by Sidney Poitier who broke racial barriers to become Hollywood’s first Black movie star and the first Black man to win Best Actor Oscar. In an essay for Deadline following Poitier’s death at age 94, Domingo writes about his meeting with Poitier and about the profound impact that encounter — as well as Poitier’s life and career — have had on him.

Following a day of tributes to the actor Sidney Poitier, his large family has issued a more personal statement on their fond memories of his warm relations with them. They also noted that his faith in humanity never faltered, “…so know that for all the love you’ve shown him, he loved you back.

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network said Friday that it will pay tribute to Sidney Poitier with a a day of special programming Sunday that includes the iconic actor’s 2000 and 2007 appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show and an airing of his 1967 film To Sir, With Love.

Hollywood and the nation are mourning a Hollywood pioneer today. Click on the photo above to launch a photo gallery on the career of Oscar winner Sidney Poitier, who has died at 94.

Former President Barack Obama paid tribute to Sidney Poitier today, calling him a singular talent” who “epitomized dignity and grace.”

Sidney Poitier, the first Black man to win an Oscar, sadly died at 94 years old on Thursday evening.

Legendary and boundary-breaking actor Sidney Poitier has died at the age of 94.

Tributes to Sidney Poitier poured in from Hollywood and around the world following the death Thursday of the groundbreaking actor and cultural icon. Poitier, who was the first Black actor to win an Academy Award for best lead performance and the first to be a top box-office draw, was 94.—-“The grace and class that this man has shown throughout his entire life, the example he set for me, not only as a Black man but as a human being will never be forgotten. ...

Films of Sidney Poitier include:“From Whence Cometh Help” (Army documentary), 1949.“No Way Out,” 1950.“Cry the Beloved Country,” 1952.“Red Ball Express,” 1952.“Go Man Go!,” 1954.“The Blackboard Jungle,” 1955.“Goodbye My Lady,” 1956.“Edge of the City,” 1957.“Something of Value,” 1957.“Band of Angles,” 1957.“The Mark of the Hawk,” 1958.“The Defiant Ones,” 1958.“Porgy and Bess,” 1959.“All the Young Men,” 1960.“Virgin Island,” 1960.“A Raisin in the Sun,” 1961.“Paris Blues,” 1961.“Pressure Point,” 1962.“Lilies of the Field,” 1963.“The Long Ships,” 1964.“The Greatest Story Ever Told,” 1965.“The Bedford Incident,” 1965.“A Patch of Blue,” 1965.“The Slender Thread,” 1965.“Duel at Diabolo,” 1966.“In the Heat of the Night,” 1967.“To Sir With Love,” 1967.“Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,” 1967.“For Love of Ivy” (also story), 1968.“The Lost Man,” 1969.“They Call Me Mister Tibbs!” 1970.“Brother John,” 1971.“The Organization,” 1971.“Buck and the Preacher” (also director), 1972.“A Warm December” (also director), 1973.“Uptown Saturday Night” (also director), 1974.“Let’s Do It Again” (also director), 1975.“The Wilby Conspiracy,” 1975.“A Piece of the Action” (also director), 1977.“Stir Crazy” (director only), 1980.“Hanky Panky” (director only), 1982.“Fast Forward” (director only), 1985.“Shoot to Kill,” 1988.“Little Nikita,” 1988.“Ghost Dad” (director only), 1990.“Separate But Equal,” 1991.“Sneakers,” 1992.“Children of the Dust,” 1995.“To Sir, With Love II,” 1996.“Mandela and de Klerk,” 1997.“The Jackal,” 1997.“David and Lisa,” 1998.“Free of Eden,” 1999.“The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn,” 1999.“The Last Brickmaker in America,” 2001.———Sources: “The Film Encyclopedia” by Ephraim Katz, Internet Movie Database.

Tributes are pouring in for Oscar-winning actor, director, civil rights activist and humanitarian Sidney Poitier, who died today at age 94.

Hollywood icon Sir Sidney Poitier has passed away at the age of 94.

NEW YORK -- Sidney Poitier, the groundbreaking actor and enduring inspiration who transformed how Black people were portrayed on screen, became the first Black actor to win an Academy Award for best lead performance and the first to be a top box-office draw, has died. He was 94.Poitier, winner of the best actor Oscar in 1964 for “Lilies of the Field,” died Thursday in the Bahamas, according to Eugene Torchon-Newry, acting director general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Bahamas.Few movie stars, Black or white, had such an influence both on and off the screen.

Sidney Poitier, the trailblazing and iconic Black actor, director, civil rights activist and humanitarian, has died, Bahamian Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell has announced.

Sidney Poitier, the pioneering actor and director who became the first bankable Black leading man in Hollywood, has died at age 94, according to the Bahamian Minister of Foreign Affairs.Poitier, who was born in the U.S. but grew up in the Bahamas, broke multiple racial barriers in his decades-long career, including when he became the first Black actor to win the Academy Award, for his role in 1963’s “Lilies of the Field.”From his first film performance, playing a doctor who treats a bigoted white man in 1950’s “No Way Out,” he blazed a trail by refusing to play roles that traded on racial stereotypes.

told Variety. “Poitier has inspired many artists in multiple fields including encouraging Alice Childress to begin writing when they were both members at American Negro Theatre.”Poitier, 94, has built an illustrious career as a film icon and revered activist.

The life of actor and activist Sidney Poitier will be told in a Broadway-targeted play to be written by Charles Randolph-Wright and directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, producers announced today.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaFew stars shone as brightly as Sidney Poitier.In films like “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” and “In the Heat of the Night,” Poitier turned in powerful performances that electrified audiences.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticMelvin Van Peebles, who died Sept. 21 at 89, was not the inventor of Black cinema, but it’s no exaggeration to say that he smashed open the door to Black cinema as we know it.