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We're all imperfect, and life is simply a perpetual, unending struggle against those imperfections.

Sidney Poitier

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Sidney Poitier
Age: 97
Born: 1927
Born: February 20
Actor
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Film Director
Film Producer
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Television Producer
Miami
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Sir Sidney Poitier
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