Sidney Poitier KBE was an actor, film director, and diplomat of Bahamian descent. He was the very first African-American and Bahamian to receive the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1964. He was born on February 20, 1927.
Poitier was delivered two months prematurely in Miami while his parents were traveling. He stayed in Miami for three months until he was well enough to return to the Bahamas with his mom and dad, where he was reared.
Since Sidney’s death on January 6, 2022 at Los Angeles, California, Fans have speculated on how Sidney Poitier did die and how he will be buried. Poitier, the first Black man to win an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1964, died on January 6, 2022, at the age of 94.
It’s still unclear where he’ll be laid to rest. We understand that the deceased’s family and friends are still grieving and that they will reveal the funeral details to the public when the time comes. But there is a probable outcome of him being buried at his birthplace or his black origin.
