Editing Sidney Poitier (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:Sidney Poitier’s house.jpg|thumb|Poitier's house in [[Stuyvesant, New York]], 2019]]
Poitier was first married to Juanita Hardy from April 29, 1950, until 1965. Though Poitier became a resident of [[Mount Vernon, New York|Mount Vernon]] in [[Westchester County, New York]], in 1956,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://westchestermagazine.com/publications/a-timeline-of-black-history-in-westchester|title=A Timeline of Black History in Westchester|first=Nichelle|last=Rascoe|date=January 18, 2018|access-date=December 27, 2021|magazine=Westchester Magazine|archive-date=December 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227115150/https://westchestermagazine.com/publications/a-timeline-of-black-history-in-westchester|url-status=live}}</ref> they raised their family in [[Stuyvesant, New York]], in a house on the [[Hudson River]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.stuyvesantoutdoor.com/ | title = Stuyvesant Outdoor Adventures | access-date = September 30, 2019 | publisher = Stuyvesant Outdoor Adventures | archive-date = October 1, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191001025445/https://www.stuyvesantoutdoor.com/ | url-status = live }}</ref> In 1959, Poitier began a nine-year affair with actress Diahann Carroll<!-- linked in [[#1960s]] -->.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://people.com/archive/guess-whos-coming-to-terms-at-last-with-his-kids-racial-politics-and-life-sidney-poitier-vol-14-no-5/|title=Guess Who's Coming to Terms at Last with His Kids, Racial Politics and Life? Sidney Poitier|last=Armstrong|first=Louis|date=August 4, 1980|website=People|access-date=January 30, 2018|archive-date=January 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131023248/http://people.com/archive/guess-whos-coming-to-terms-at-last-with-his-kids-racial-politics-and-life-sidney-poitier-vol-14-no-5/|url-status=live}}</ref> On January 23, 1976, he married [[Joanna Shimkus]], a Canadian actress who starred with Poitier in ''[[The Lost Man]]'' in 1969,  and they remained married until his death. Poitier had four daughters with his first wife: Beverly,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/09/06/archives/miss-beverly-marie-poitier-bride-of-william-jq-mould.html|title=Miss Beverly Marie Poitier Bride of William J. Q. Mould|date=September 6, 1970|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=September 4, 2019|archive-date=September 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904094903/https://www.nytimes.com/1970/09/06/archives/miss-beverly-marie-poitier-bride-of-william-jq-mould.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wlbt.com/story/1099232/poitier-henderson-holds-book-signing |title=Poitier-Henderson Holds Book Signing|publisher=WLBT 3 |date=August 6, 2014 |access-date=August 10, 2014 |archive-date=November 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111093442/http://www.wlbt.com/story/1099232/poitier-henderson-holds-book-signing/?redirected=true |url-status=live }}</ref> Pamela,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Feuer|first=Alan|date=February 12, 2005|title=Hundreds Mourn Ossie Davis in Harlem|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/12/nyregion/hundreds-mourn-ossie-davis-in-harlem.html|access-date=March 21, 2022|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Sherri,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-04-09-me-864-story.html |title=Daughters of King, Malcolm X Also Have a Message |work=Los Angeles Times |date=April 9, 1988 |access-date=April 19, 2022 |archive-date=April 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220420003606/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-04-09-me-864-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and Gina.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bjornson |first1=Greta |title=What to Know About Sidney Poitier's Late Daughter, Gina, Who Died at 57 |url=https://people.com/movies/what-to-know-about-sidney-poitiers-late-daughter-gina/ |website=People |access-date=April 19, 2022 |date=January 7, 2022}}</ref> He had two daughters with his second wife: Anika<ref>{{cite news|first=Dan|last=Shaw|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/21/style/chronicle-166936.html|title=Chronicle|work=The New York Times|date=May 21, 1994|access-date=August 10, 2014|archive-date=August 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812223556/http://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/21/style/chronicle-166936.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Sydney Tamiia Poitier|Sydney Tamiia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/2003-01-06/entertainment/18227142_1_sydney-tamiia-poitier-upn-cbs-productions |first=David|last=Bianculli|author-link=David Bianculli|title=Advice For UPN: Get Rid Of 'Abby' |work=Daily News|location=New York |date=August 9, 1969 |access-date=August 10, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730082314/http://articles.nydailynews.com/2003-01-06/entertainment/18227142_1_sydney-tamiia-poitier-upn-cbs-productions |archive-date=July 30, 2012 }}</ref> Poitier had eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.<ref>{{Cite web|title=News : Press Item : Bahamas International Film Festival|url=http://bintlfilmfest.com/news/press_item/107|access-date=March 21, 2022|website=bintlfilmfest.com}}</ref> When [[Hurricane Dorian]] hit the Bahamas in September 2019, Poitier's family had 23 missing relatives.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/09/08/hurricane-dorian-23-members-sidney-poitiers-family-missing/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/09/08/hurricane-dorian-23-members-sidney-poitiers-family-missing/ |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Hurricane Dorian: more than 23 members of Sidney Poitier's family missing|last1=Dixon|first1=Hayley|date=September 8, 2019|work=The Telegraph|access-date=September 9, 2019|last2=Millward|first2=David|issn=0307-1235|last3=Maximin|first3=Colin}}{{cbignore}}</ref>