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Another thing - forgive me if that has been mentioned already but Poitier died the same day as Peter Bogdanovich, who directed him in (eek!) To Sir, With Love II (1996). 

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Rip. Out of all Alzeheimer's and Parkinson's (Woodward, Vitti...), we get deaths by the most active old people in showbusiness (Plummer, White, Leachman, Asner, Tyson) in 2021, Sidney is a bit of a shock now since Bogdanovich took 6th.

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FUCK - what a colossal loss. 
Rough week for Hollywood,

 

3 legends within a week.

Start taking politicians now - damn it,

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Hmmmm... 3 of DL's picks born within 2 weeks of one another.

A hat trick to come?

 

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It just hit me this must be the earliest in the year where TCM has their "yep, there's our finishing name for December" moment!

 

Admittedly not every year has a name that has you instantly go "yeah, they're the one short of an even bigger name dying" but Poitier would be tough to outdo.

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1 hour ago, Ulitzer95 said:

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Hmmmm... 3 of DL's picks born within 2 weeks of one another.

A hat trick to come?

 

Well spotted! Gosh you really do like tempting  fate! Stranger things have happened...

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"To KBE, With Love"  or "Guess who's not coming to dinner" 

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“Without Sidney Poitier, quite simply, there would be no LeVar Burton.”

LeVar Burton (whoever he is)

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1 hour ago, Youth in Asia said:

“Without Sidney Poitier, quite simply, there would be no LeVar Burton.”

LeVar Burton (whoever he is)

Geordi La Forge in “Star Trek: The Next Generation” plus all its spin-off films, and Kunta Kinte in the original “Roots” series.

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9 hours ago, Death Impends said:

It just hit me this must be the earliest in the year where TCM has their "yep, there's our finishing name for December" moment!

 

Admittedly not every year has a name that has you instantly go "yeah, they're the one short of an even bigger name dying" but Poitier would be tough to outdo.

Of the people old enough to not be a shock Clint Eastwood maybe could pip him. 

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3 hours ago, GrumpyRabbit said:

Geordi La Forge in “Star Trek: The Next Generation” plus all its spin-off films, and Kunta Kinte in the original “Roots” series.

 

And host of Reading Rainbow

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Oh well in that case he is definitely justified in comparing himself to Sydney Poitier.

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Joan Collins pays tribute to Sidney Poitier. 

Her late sister Jackie Collins was close friends with the Poitiers so I imagine this news is extra poignant and emotional for Joan.

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Look at the smile on her face. She's definitely ridden him.

Joan loves the BBC. Evidenced here;)

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18 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Look at the smile on her face. She's definitely ridden him.

Joan loves the BBC. Evidenced here;)

You are sooooo  naughty!!:o:D

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7 hours ago, Youth in Asia said:

“Without Sidney Poitier, quite simply, there would be no LeVar Burton.”

LeVar Burton (whoever he is)


Star Trek and Reading Rainbow. 

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4 minutes ago, mollyafox said:

Cause of death revealed as a combination of heart failure, Alzheimer's, and prostate cancer. 

Fuck, no mention of Covid???

The Engineer will now have to rethink his conspiracy theory.

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