Sidney Poitier

In an interview the late actor Sidney Poitier (1927-2022) gave to Oprah Winfrey, the 'Porgy and Bess' star admitted his fear of death was crippling to him.

Poitier - who passed away aged 94 - said: “I would like to grow less afraid of dying. I am infinitely less afraid today than I was 15 or 25 years ago. I was most afraid of dying when I was 33, because I come from a Catholic family.”