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Posted: 2022-01-08T09:58:23Z | Updated: 2022-01-08T14:52:36Z Heartfelt Tributes Pour In For 'Iconic Trailblazer' Sidney Poitier | HuffPost

Heartfelt Tributes Pour In For 'Iconic Trailblazer' Sidney Poitier

Denzel Washington hailed the late actor for opening doors "for all of us that had been closed for years."
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Sidney Poitier was hailed as an “iconic trailblazer” on Friday as prominent figures remembered the groundbreaking actor, who has died at age 94 .

Denzel Washington, Whoopi Goldberg, Ava DuVernay, Viola Davis and former President Barack Obama led tributes to the first Black man  to win an Oscar , with Halle Berry praising him for “paving the way for Black people to be seen and heard in the fullness of who we are.”

“It was a privilege to call Sidney Poitier my friend,” Denzel Washington told The Daily Beast . “He was a gentle man and opened doors for all of us that had been closed for years. God bless him and his family.”

Other celebrities remembered Poitier’s dignity, grace and strength.

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