I am pleasantly surprised at the fabulous coverage of the life of the

[malaise]

great Sidney Poitier. The. racists are losing.
CNN has been excellent.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear malaise.......he was a Man among men. ♥

[malaise]

7. We know that but did Fux even carry cover this.

I loved him and not just for his acting. He walked the walk.

[Tomconroy]

2. He was a big star. And always dressed like one!

[Joinfortmill]

3. Sidney Poitier was a magnificent actor.

[TNNurse]

4. When an actor dies, I find I want to watch old movies.

I looked at the list for Poitier and choose " In the Heat of the Night". I think the reason is that he is strong, not just trying to get along. And he gets to slap that awful old white guy.

In addition you see why when they made the TV show, Carroll O'Conner fit right into the Rod Steiger role.

I was also surprised that he won that Oscar in 1964...so long ago.

[KS Toronado]

8. If my memory serves me correctly the awful old white guy.

was the local Judge, one of my favorite scenes from the movie.

[luvtheGWN]

10. Virgil is the name of a neighbouring town.

Whenever my niece drives through it, she says "They call me MR. Tibbs". And then we remember the movie all over again

[Quakerfriend]

11. Me too! -Just watched To Sir, with love again.

He had such dynamic energy! - brought me to tears 😥

[Tommymac]

5. Sir was a great actor and he was a hottie.

I've had a man crush on him forever.

[Evolve Dammit]

6. Awesome man. We're losing too many

[madaboutharry]

9. Everyone loved him.

He was an example of dignity and grace, for all people.

[malthaussen]

12. Can't insult Sidney even when he is dead...

... he'd come back from the grave and rip your throat out. Much-admired.

-- Mal

[babylonsister]

13. He'd been in my life my whole life!

He was a man of grace with bottomless talent...I loved him and am so saddened at his passing.

[malaise]

18. Literally

As I wrote on the original OP, I met him in a supermarket aisle in Nassau - warm, handsome, gracious and unpretentious.
He was loved with good reason.

[PatrickforB]

14. Well, he was a class act.

His roles did a lot to help people understand how disgusting racism actually is. Apparently he was a good, moral man, and a good family man too.

[kskiska]

15. A Raisin in the Sun

was so powerful.

[peggysue2]

16. Because it was difficult not to admire Sidney Poitier

He was an elegant man, both in voice and presentation, extraordinarily gifted. He commanded attention on the screen and off carrying himself with grace and strength the way truly powerful people do.

Yes, the racists are losing. It's a long time coming but it's happening.

[Hortensis]

17. :) Fwiw, I think the admiring coverage was to be expected.

Black people aren't exactly missing from CNN and MSNBC in this century. Something we of course all owe in real part to Mr. Poitier. He played a very significant role in promoting equality through the movies, which also made him an iconic figure for the several generations that grew up "knowing" him. He was and will continue to be part of our lives.

[malaise]

19. Indeed

He walked the walk

[LoisB]

20. "Dignified" is how I would describe him. A beautiful Black man.

[Jarqui]

21. I really liked and respected Sidney

He did so many things so well.

Can't find the words right now to do him justice.

[Reader Rabbit]

22. Too much greatness!

I especially like the comedic stint he did in that hacker movie in the 1980s or early 1990s—was it called Sneakers?

I'll forever remember him using that commanding Poitier gravitas to take away a pair of binoculars away from voyeuristic teammates, only to use said binoculars for the same purpose as soon as their backs were turned!

[crickets]

23. Yep. Sneakers is fun movie, underrated imo. nt

[BlackSkimmer]

24. I always loved Poitier.

He was my first crush while in the single digits. Straight crush, lol, since as it turned out I was gay.

Robert Wagner was the other. After then, I moved on to Diana Rigg.

[Skittles]

25. he was a true icon

omg Malaise, I crushed so hard on him after seeing To Sir With Love as a very young girl