Rest in Heavenly Peace beautiful man. To Sir with Love.

[sheshe2]

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[mcar]

1. I loved that movie!

Must have watched it a dozen times as a teenager. RIP Sir Sidney.

[sheshe2]

5. Me too, mcar.

[AngryOldDem]

12. The ending always gets to me.

Very well done movie, because of Sidney Poitier.

It seems that the older one gets, the more cruel these losses feel.

[spanone]

2. He was Amazing. Such dignity. Such talent.

[sheshe2]

4. And Lilies of the Field.

Broke race boarders with Guess who is Coming to Dinner.

Such talent, he was also a incredibly handsome man. I had such a crush on him.

[spanone]

9. "Rest in Heavenly Peace beautiful man. To Sir with Love" says it all.

[sheshe2]

14. Yup.

[imanamerican63]

3. A man who broke many barriers.

He was a great actor and did it with class. May he Rest In Peace. There will never be another actor like he was.

[sheshe2]

7. None like him, he broke the barriers.

That's why Obama gave him the Medal of Freedom.

[Cracklin Charlie]

6. "Lilies of the Field" is my fav Poitier film.

I expect to see it hit the small screen soon. I hope so.

[calimary]

17. i LOVE that movie!

You build a shapel...

[sheshe2]

28. Amen.

[MustLoveBeagles]

8. RIP

He was an intelligent, talented & very handsome man.

[Hekate]

10. Poitier also starred in A Patch of Blue. What a legacy he leaves.

[childfreebychoice]

20. Other than his great performance in that movie

I remember his co-star, Elizabeth Hartman jumped out of a window, to her death

[sheshe2]

30. What is your point for posting that here?

I hope she rests in peace.

Still don't understand your post. Are you saying he was responsible for her death? Why post that here!

[BigmanPigman]

21. I just watched that again too.

I lost count of how many movies I have seen in the past month that he was in...
Guess Who's Coming To Dinner
A Patch Of Blue
In The Heat Of The Night
A Raisin In The Sun
Sneakers

What a gifted actor and caring human being.

[ChazII]

41. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

another favorite.

[BigmanPigman]

42. Mine too.

Did you know that the actress who played the daughter wad Katherine Hepburn's niece? The actress who played Poitier's mother was in The Heat Of The Night too. Everything seems to overlap in some way or another.

My DVR is full of movies and tv shows which include Betty White, Peter Bogdanovich and Sidney Poitier. 2022 isn't starting out too well as far as our classic actors go.

[sheshe2]

29. Oh, yes.

[Cha]

11. A beautiful life..

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Mahalo, she

[sheshe2]

13. His tears on Obama's shoulder.

Uuum

[electric_blue68]

15. Rest in Power and Peace...

I stumbled on one of his earliest by accident!

While I don't think I saw The Defiant Ones ('58) this one
was eight years earlier called "No Way Out".

I pop in fairly near the start. There's this Black guy, and, ah, he's a doctor...in a prison hospital?! Hmmm.... that voice, Hmmm... cheekbones...
...Is that... Poitier? Good Lord... How young is he?! 😄
23! No wonder I didn't recognize him at first.

Till then the earliest I'd seen (all on TV) was "Lillies", but
I'd seen Sir, Heat, and Dinner before that.

Anyway he has to deal with a pair of racists white brothers. Good film. He starts to get more roles right after.

[Rhiannon12866]

16. Now there is a man who deserved that Presidential medal!

[sheshe2]

19. No kidding.

The man will truly be missed.

[Rhiannon12866]

22. He certainly will - superb actor and human being.

I'm hoping that TCM or another cable will take the opportunity to show a marathon of his films. I've seen several, but not all of them.

[sheshe2]

23. I don't get TCM but I bet we could see them on utube.

[Deuxcents]

24. We're losing our greats

In theatre, music, politics, literature and one is just as much a treasure as the other. Thankfully, they leave us with memories we won’t soon forget

[sheshe2]

31. Hey, Deuxcents...

I think it is because we are all getting older, sad as it is.

Grew up with Harry Belafonte's music. Kingston Trio....we always had music playing at dinner

[Deuxcents]

35. Yes, we're getting older

And mostly they’re our generation. I think that while we’re celebrating their lives, we kinda think about us n how time goes by so fast, any more. We did grow up with some great music and very talented people.

[sheshe2]

36. We did.

So much talent.

They are the ones that brought us to where we are today.

[oasis]

25. I had a casual chat with Mr. Poitier many years ago at a Barbara Streisand

concert. I was overwhelmed by his graciousness.

Rest In Peace Sidney.

[sheshe2]

32. Lucky you!

[oasis]

40. It was in Los Angeles during Barbara's 2006 "Farewell Tour".

Barbara asked both Nancy Pelosi and Barbara Boxer to stand and be recognized by the crowd in the Staples Center.

A most memorable night.

[ismnotwasm]

26. I've had a crush on him since I was old enough to have a crush in anyone

Iconic man

[sheshe2]

33. Me too.

Huge crush, ism.

[littlemissmartypants]

27. I've been singing the song and just boohooing. He was a really great man for so many reasons.

Great post, she.







❤

[sheshe2]

34. Gonna miss that man.

Ya ~

[bedazzled]

37. Cried through "guess who's coming to dinner" tonight

Such a sweet movie, unfortunately still topical. Watching true life couple Hepburn and Tracy do their last movie, with tears in their eyes. Poitier, perfection as always.

We had a double feature with "heat of the night." Poitier, bravely facing and illuminating the stupidity and injustice of racism.

I don't know how we can live with all the wonderful people we are losing. Sigh.

[sheshe2]

38. The ones we have lost...

They are now the past, yet the gateway to where we are today. So much talent out there, past, present and future.

[bedazzled]

39. It is amazing the treasures they have left

Best lived lives