Sidney Poitier died from heart failure, according to the actor's death certificate. Poitier passed away at his Beverly Hills home at the age of 94 from cardiopulmonary failure on Jan.
6, the certificate obtained by TMZ said. It also listed that he had suffered from Alzheimer's dementia and prostate cancer over the years.
The Bahamian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office originally confirmed Poitier's death to Fox News Digital. Siney Poitier died from heart failure, according to his death certificate. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/WireImage) "We admire the man not just because of his colossal achievements but also because of who he was: his strength of character, his willingness to stand up and be counted, and the way he plotted and navigated his life’s journey," Minister of the Bahamas Philip Davis said during a press conference after news of the actor's death broke.
Davis had the Bahamian flag flown at half-mast in the Bahamas and at embassies around the world that day in honor of Poitier. "We know the world mourns with us.
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