Sidney Poitier, the first African-American to win an Oscar, has died at the age of 94.

Poitier, a Bahamian-American, won the award for his performance in the 1963 drama Lilies Of The Field.

The Hollywood star was best known for his roles in films such as Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, In the Heat of the Night, and Lilies of the Field, for which he became the first Black and Bahamian man to win an Oscar for Best Actor.

The announcement was made by the Bahamas’ minister of foreign affairs, Fred Mitchell, prompting tributes from the entertainment world.

After being born unexpectedly in Miami while his parents were visiting in February 1927, Bahamian-American star Poitier was automatically granted US citizenship.

He grew up in the Bahamas but moved to America when he was 15 years old, where he served in the Second World War as a teenager after lying about his age.

He worked as a dishwasher after leaving the army until he was accepted into the American Negro Theatre School of Drama...

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