Dionne Warwick on meeting Sidney Poitier: ‘Actually, I stalked him’

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“I actually bumped into him,” Warwick explained. “He turned around and he says, ‘Little girl. What do you want?’ And of course, I went crazy.”

“I was coming out of a recording studio on 54th Street, and the [music] group came around the corner. And in front of me was walking this regal, gorgeous man, and I broke rank. I left my girls and I started following him,” she said with a laugh.

“Right at the corner, right here, at the corner of 54th and Broadway, he stopped. And you know, there are no shops on Broadway between 54th and 53 Street, and I’m looking in the air, acting stupid,” she added, noting this “meeting” happened around 1965. “I actually bumped into him,” Warwick continued. “He turned around and he says, ‘Little girl. What do you want?’ And of course, I went crazy. My mouth didn’t work. And finally, I said, ‘Can I have your autograph?’ And from that day till the last time I saw him, which is a year or so ago, he did not greet me as, ‘Hi, Dionne.

 

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Was so lucky to meet him years ago in Whistler when he stayed at my families hotel!! Such a beautiful gentleman!! ❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻

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