Actor Jeffrey Wright wrote: “Sidney Poitier. What a landmark actor. One of a kind. What a beautiful, gracious, warm, genuinely regal man. RIP, Sir. With love.”
Sherrilyn Ifill penned on Twitter: “This beautiful, brilliant, talented Black man. Rest in Peace and Power.”
Representative LaKeshia Myers added: “To Sir Sidney Poitier, with Love. What we have lost, the ancestors have gained. Thank you for all you did for us. #RIPSidneyPoitier.”
Piers Morgan wrote: “RIP Sidney Poitier, 94. When he answered an ad for actors, as an illiterate young man, the theatre owner sneered: ‘Go be a dishwasher.’
“Sidney already was a dishwasher. Stung by the jibe, he vowed to prove him wrong. He became the first black man to win the Best Actor Oscar.”
