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Celebrities You Probably Didn’t Know Are Still Alive & Their Real-Life Partners

Sidney Poitier, 93 (married for 44 years)

Sidney Poitier is a renowned Bahamian-American actor. Besides, he has also directed many films. He became the first black male Afro-Bahamian actor who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1964 and has also been nominated for the award twice. Poitier also served as the Bahamian Ambassador to Japan from 1997 to 2007.

He is married to a former Canadian actress, Joanna Shimkus, since 1976 and has six daughters. Four of his daughters were from his first marriage to Juanita Hardy. Poitier also has eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. In September 2019, Hurricane Dorian hit the Bahamas, which resulted in the missing of 23 relatives from Potier’s family.

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