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‘I Was Happiest Surviving Prostate Cancer,’ Said Late Actor & Cancer Survivor Sidney Poitier, Who Died Today & Beat Prostate Cancer after 1993 Diagnosis

Sidney Poitier

Legendary Black actor Sidney Poitier died today at 94 after beating cancer in the 1990s, and he called his victory over prostate cancer one of the things in life that made him “the happiest.” In a 2007 Proust Questionnaire with magazine Vanity Fair, when asked when he was happiest, Poitier said, “I was happiest making films, writing books, and surviving prostate cancer.”


Source: Survivornet.com

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