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Martin Charles Scorsese Italian (born November 17, 1942) is an American filmmaker and actor, whose career spans more than 50 years. Part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking, he is widely regarded as one of the most significant and influential filmmakers in cinematic history. Scorsese's body of work explores such themes as Italian-American identity, Catholic concepts of guilt and redemption? faith, machismo, modern crime, and gang conflict. Many of his films are also known for their depiction of violence and liberal use of profanity. In 1990, he founded The Film Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to film preservation, and in 2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation. He is a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award for his contributions to the cinema, and has won an Academy Award, a Palme d'Or, Cannes Film Festival Best Director Award, Silver Lion, Grammy Award, Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs, and Directors Guild of America Awards.
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Sidney Poitier Cause of Death Revealed

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Sidney Poitier has been revealed, with Los Angeles County coroners reporting it to be due to a mix of heart failure, Alzheimer’s and prostate cancer.

The death certificate from the LA County Department of Public Health was published by TMZ on Tuesday. Poitier died on Jan. 6 at 94.

Poitier was known worldwide as the first Black man to win an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Ralph Nelson’s 1963 film “Lilies of the Field,” having also been nominated five years prior for his performance in “The Defiant Ones” alongside Tony Curtis, for which he won a BAFTA.

Poitier’s other famous films include “In The Heat of the Night,” “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” and “A Raisin In The Sun.”Shortly after winning his Oscar, Poitier was one of several actors who joined Dr.

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