According to Celebrity Net Worth, Sidney Poitier was worth an estimated $20 million when he died at the age of 94. Poitier left behind a total of six daughters that he shared with his ex-wife, Juanita Hardy, and his second wife, Joanna Shimkus.
While Poitier ended his life a very wealthy man, he came from humble beginnings. "[My father] was a poor man, and I watched him do astonishing things... he never lost his dignity," Poitier reflected of his humble childhood in the Bahamas to Oprah Winfrey in 2000. "In his lifetime, my father never earned as much money as I spend in a week." He also shared an anecdote from his childhood about a time his mother went to a fortune-teller in Miami, worried about Poitier, who had been born prematurely. "Don't worry about your son," the fortune-teller shared. "He will not be a sickly child. He will walk with kings. He will step on pillars of gold. And he will carry your name to many places." Clearly, she was onto something.
Poitier may be gone, but his talent and his legacy will never be forgotten.
