Article: Poitier muses in letters to great-granddaughter.(Daily Break)

By Bob Thomas

The Associated Press

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.

It all began when actor Sidney Poitier flew to Atlanta in late December 2005 for the birth of his first great-granddaughter.

"When I arrived at the hospital, I saw my great-granddaughter in her mother's arms," he recalled. "Directly behind her was my daughter, the baby's grandmother. Next to her was my former wife, who was the baby's great-grandmother.

"I saw that I was in a room of four generations. I would soon be 80, and Ayele was one day old. I realized that the time between us would be short."

He decided to write a book in the form of letters.

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