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John Singleton to be taken off life support

 
Chrissy 2019-04-29 19:12:10 

Too sad

The family of the Oscar-nominated film-maker John Singleton has announced that he will be taken off life support on Monday.

The Boyz N the Hood writer-director, 51, had suffered a major stroke earlier this month and had been kept in intensive care ever since.

“It is with heavy hearts we announce that our beloved son, father and friend, John Daniel Singleton will be taken off of life support today,” a spokesperson for the family said in a statement to Deadline. “This was an agonising decision, one that our family made, over a number of days, with the careful counsel of John’s doctors.”

The statement also includes Singleton’s struggle with hypertension, stating that more than 40% of African American men and women also have high blood pressure, urging others to be aware of symptoms.

The statement calls him “a prolific, ground-breaking director who changed the game and opened doors in Hollywood” with a reminder that Singleton grew up in South Central just a few miles away.


cry cry

 
JahJah 2019-04-29 20:50:30 

In reply to Chrissy

RIP. Such an underrated filmmaker, notwithstanding the nomination for Boyz N The Hood.

 
Chrissy 2019-04-29 21:52:45 

In reply to JahJah

Yep. The thing is he was brain dead for some time. So young!
He died

Boyz n the Hood director John Singleton, who became both the first African American and the youngest-ever film-maker to be nominated for the best director Oscar, has died aged 51. Singleton had been hospitalised following a stroke on 17 April.

Earlier on Monday, Singleton’s family announced that he would be taken off life support. “It is with heavy hearts we announce that our beloved son, father and friend, John Daniel Singleton will be taken off of life support today,” a spokesperson for the family said in a statement to Deadline. “This was an agonising decision, one that our family made, over a number of days, with the careful counsel of John’s doctors.”

 
problemjay 2019-04-30 04:31:34 

RIP John. I remember every scene from Boyz In The Hood

 
Casper 2019-04-30 10:29:37 

In reply to Chrissy

Sorry I didn’t see this Chrissy.

 
Chrissy 2019-04-30 14:01:21 

In reply to Casper

No problem bro lol