I cannot feel too sad for someone who lived a long life,and made a difference.
The man was trailblazer.
RIP🙏🏾😪

MORE: Poitier became the first Black man to win an Academy Award for best actor in 1964 for his role in "Lilies of the Field" and was perhaps best known for his role as a Black doctor engaged to a white woman in 1967's "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner." https://t.co/YFNAK2MNQ4 pic.twitter.com/sOKQscrU3B

— ABC News (@ABC) January 7, 2022

Sidney Poitier: a life in pictures https://t.co/ndhzDE8xGB

— Guardian culture (@guardianculture) January 7, 2022

This famous "slap heard 'round the world" scene from IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT ('67) marked the first time an African American man had ever slapped a white man on screen before, which Star of the Month Sidney Poitier insisted on. pic.twitter.com/K3DRZX76ns

— TCM (@tcm) September 17, 2019

BREAKING: Sidney Poitier, trailblazing Hollywood icon who broke barriers for Black actors, dies at 94, source close to the family says.https://t.co/QBDvDqwZ6a pic.twitter.com/OE0mvvlcvs

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 7, 2022

The son of tomato farmers in the Bahamas, Sidney Poitier became the first Black man to win the Academy Award for Best Actor — but the trail he blazed extended leaps and bounds beyond his background or profession. Jill and I send our love and prayers to his loved ones.

— President Biden (@POTUS) January 8, 2022

Trailblazing actor and filmmaker Sir Sidney Poitier has sadly passed away at the age of 94.

He was the first Black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1964 for his performance in ‘Lilies of the Field.’ pic.twitter.com/eEmlcopjqQ

— Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) January 7, 2022

My life goals ♥️ #RIPSidneyPoitier pic.twitter.com/i3pHoLpZcp

— Kumutha Lane (@KumuthaLane) January 7, 2022

Sidney Poitier Was The Ultimate #GirlDad: Meet His Six Daughtershttps://t.co/deJjkxH4Cz

— 3ChicsPolitico (@3ChicsPolitico) January 8, 2022

The recent deaths of Sidney Poitier and Betty White remind me that sometimes good people do get to live long, fulfilling lives that make a positive impact on many others. If you pass in your 90s and people are still saying it happened too soon, you did a lot of things right.

— THEE Tío Sam 🇺🇸🇨🇺 (@TioSamSays) January 7, 2022

I did not know this before today but now I respect him even more…if that’s possible #RIH

Evidently he wasn’t supposed to slap the ⚪️ suspect back “In The Heat of the Night”…he was just supposed to be the Black dude taking it. He refused…this last line tho #kingtings pic.twitter.com/S1ARjoQepc

— I’ma Do Me…You do You in 2022! 💛🐝⚖️🍑 (@ish_not) January 7, 2022

President Barack Obama awarded so many Black heroes with Medals of Freedom. From Cicely to Sidney and beyond — Thank you, Obama. 🙏🏾 ✊🏾 pic.twitter.com/eS1sikIcya

— Madam Vice President Harris is THEE GOAT! (@flywithkamala) January 8, 2022

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— Pete Souza (@PeteSouza) January 7, 2022

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1/6 I couldn’t even begin this morning…Losing my dearest of brothers, Sidney Poitier, is like losing a piece of myself. We were joined at the hip from our times scraping to get by, coming up in New York in the 50’s, to achieving all of our dreams & working together in Hollywood

— Quincy Jones (@QuincyDJones) January 8, 2022

6/6 You were there for me during the darkest moments of my life, always in my corner rooting for me. I will miss you forever my dear brother…& when I feel like my soul needs to smile, I will think of you & our decades of memories shared together. pic.twitter.com/B23WxvnE3w

— Quincy Jones (@QuincyDJones) January 8, 2022

A gif…

OK pic.twitter.com/VVaMxzve42

— Peter (@Peter_M_V) September 20, 2019