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Remembering actor Sidney Poitier

NPR
Published January 7, 2022 at 12:40 PM EST
Actor Sidney Poitier attends the Brigitte and Bobby Sherman Children's Foundation's 6th Annual Christmas Gala and Fundraiser at Montage Beverly Hills on Dec. 19, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images for The Brigitte and Bobby Sherman Children's Foundation)
Actor Sidney Poitier attends the Brigitte and Bobby Sherman Children's Foundation's 6th Annual Christmas Gala and Fundraiser at Montage Beverly Hills on Dec. 19, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images for The Brigitte and Bobby Sherman Children's Foundation)

Here & Now‘s Scott Tong talks to Ty Burr of “Ty Burr’s Watch List” about Sidney Poitier. The actor died Friday at the age of 94.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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