{"id":10853,"date":"2026-10-26T20:56:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T20:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/?p=10853"},"modified":"2026-10-26T20:56:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T20:56:46","slug":"sidney-poitier-and-joanna-shimkus-the-love-story-that-lasted-nearly-46-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/?p=10853","title":{"rendered":"Sidney Poitier and Joanna Shimkus: The Love Story That Lasted Nearly 46 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/863750553_2318733468688466_5143372059447484396_n_cleanup.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/863750553_2318733468688466_5143372059447484396_n_cleanup.png 576w, https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/863750553_2318733468688466_5143372059447484396_n_cleanup-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sidney Poitier and Joanna Shimkus: A Love Story That Lasted Nearly 46 Years<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sidney Poitier, the celebrated actor, and Canadian actress Joanna Shimkus found love while working together on the 1969 film <em>The Lost Man<\/em>. Their connection grew over time, and they married in 1976.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As an interracial couple during a period when racial prejudice affected many relationships, their marriage stood as a reminder that love and respect matter more than other people&#8217;s opinions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a 1998 interview for a PBS documentary, Joanna explained that she saw Sidney first and foremost as a person. She admired his character, honesty, and devotion to his family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Together, they built a life that lasted nearly 46 years, until Sidney&#8217;s passing in January 2022 at the age of 94.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their story reminds us that lasting relationships are built on mutual respect, understanding, and the qualities that bring two people together\u2014not on prejudice or appearances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sidney Poitier and Joanna Shimkus: A Love Story That Lasted Nearly 46 Years Sidney Poitier, the celebrated actor, and Canadian actress Joanna Shimkus found love while working&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10853"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10855,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10853\/revisions\/10855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday365.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}