Director John Singleton to be taken off life support following stroke, rep says
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Director John Singleton will be taken off of life support after suffering a stroke earlier this month, his spokesperson Shannon Barr told USA TODAY Monday.
"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," Singleton's family said in a statement via his spokesperson. "This was an agonizing decision, one that our family made, over a number of days, with the careful counsel of John’s doctors."
The family continued in the statement: "We are grateful to his fans, friends and colleagues for the (outpouring) of love and prayers during this incredibly difficult time. We want to thank all the doctors at Cedars Sinai for the impeccable care he received.
The family also said in the statement that Singleton "like many African Americans …quietly struggled with hypertension."
Singleton's family said that "in his private life, John is a loving and supporting father, son, brother, and friend who believed in higher education, black culture, old school music and the power of film."
Singleton was nominated for two Oscars for 1991's "Boyz n the Hood," becoming the youngest best director nominee and first black person nominated for the same award.
His other films include "Poetic Justice," starring Janet Jackson and Tupac Shakur, "Shaft," "Baby Boy," "2 Fast 2 Furious" and "Four Brothers."
Singleton's recent projects include creating and executive producing the FX Networks TV series "Snowfall," as well as directing the fifth episode of the network's "The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story."
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Director John Singleton will be taken off of life support after suffering a stroke earlier this month, his spokesperson Shannon Barr told USA TODAY Monday.
"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," Singleton's family said in a statement via his spokesperson. "This was an agonizing decision, one that our family made, over a number of days, with the careful counsel of John’s doctors."
The family continued in the statement: "We are grateful to his fans, friends and colleagues for the (outpouring) of love and prayers during this incredibly difficult time. We want to thank all the doctors at Cedars Sinai for the impeccable care he received.
The family also said in the statement that Singleton "like many African Americans …quietly struggled with hypertension."
Singleton's family said that "in his private life, John is a loving and supporting father, son, brother, and friend who believed in higher education, black culture, old school music and the power of film."
Singleton was nominated for two Oscars for 1991's "Boyz n the Hood," becoming the youngest best director nominee and first black person nominated for the same award.
His other films include "Poetic Justice," starring Janet Jackson and Tupac Shakur, "Shaft," "Baby Boy," "2 Fast 2 Furious" and "Four Brothers."
Singleton's recent projects include creating and executive producing the FX Networks TV series "Snowfall," as well as directing the fifth episode of the network's "The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story."
