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CINDY CRAWFORD, 51. The U.S. supermodel (right) was discovered in 1982, aged 16, by a local newspaper photographer who spotted noticed her at work during her summer job of detasseling corn near Chicago. She won a scholarship to study chemical engineering at university, but dropped out to go into modelling full-time. SIDNEY POITIER, 90. The U.S. actor grew up in the Bahamas. He was the first black Best Actor Oscar winner for Lilies Of The Field in 1964 and became the top-grossing star of the era with In The Heat Of The Night, To Sir, With Love, and Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner (all released in 1967).