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Hollywood actor, Sidney Poitier, has died aged 94 07/01/2022

The actor, Sidney Poitier, whose pioneering films in the 1950s and 1960s, shone a light on racism and social prejudice, has died. He was 94.

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Fri 7 Jan 202218:00
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