"Thank you Sidney Poitier for breaking down barriers ... Clint Watson, press secretary for the Prime Minister of the Bahamas, confirmed Poitier's death to PEOPLE on Friday. The actor and activist ...

Oscar-winning actor Sidney Poitier, KBE, has died at the age of 94, Bahamas' highest authorities have announced. He had been knighted in 1974. Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Davis also held a press ...