# @gettyimages on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CYb3RlQOluQ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/16444955-gettyimages-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/2ffcccfe0a.jpg
- **Posted:** 2022-01-07T16:21:38.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Getty Images (@GettyImages) — https://gondola.cc/GettyImages

## Caption

"We have lost an icon; a hero, a mentor, a fighter, a national treasure."⁠
Bahamas Prime Minister Chester Cooper announces the death of Sidney Poitier, aged 94.⁠
The first Black man to win a Best Actor Oscar, for 1963's 'Lilies of the Field', the Bahamian-American was a groundbreaking and highly-acclaimed influence in Hollywood and beyond.⁠
An activist, advocate and, later in life, an ambassador of the Bahamas, he once said: "If I'm remembered for having done a few good things, and if my presence here has sparked some good energies, that's plenty."⁠
Follow our bio link for a look at Poitier's life in pictures.⁠
📷: Hans Namuth/Photo Researchers History/Getty Images I gettyarchive I #GettyImages #PreservingThePast #GettyArchive⁠
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#sidneypoitier #bahamashistory #hollywoodhistory #guesswhoscomingtodinner #intheheatofthenight #liliesofthefield #blackboardjungle #blackhistory #cinemahistory #hansnamuth #historyphotographed⁠

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## Tags

blackboardjungle, cinemahistory, preservingthepast, historyphotographed, intheheatofthenight, hansnamuth, liliesofthefield, gettyimages, gettyarchive, sidneypoitier, blackhistory, bahamashistory, hollywoodhistory, guesswhoscomingtodinner

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