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The Dinner of a Lifetime with Oprah and Actor Sidney Poitier
Oprah's Book Club  |  January 01, 2006
Sidney receives a birthday tribute from Beverly, Sydney, Sherri, Pamela, Gina, Anika, Guylaine, Etienne and Gabby.


And his family couldn't be prouder of him. The Oprah Show gathered all of Sidney's daughters to put together a video tribute to their father for his 80th birthday. "I think my dad passed on to me and all his children to really have a sense of who you are and a sense of self," his daughter Sydney says. "He has such a strong moral and ethical core that growing up, we tried to emulate that."

"We're so proud of you," they all say to Sidney. "We love you."

It's a gesture that moves Sidney to tears. "Isn't that something," he says.

"To me, that's the measure of a man," Tommy says. "When your children are talking like that. That's what I want."
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