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Boyz N the Hood director John Singleton to be taken off life support
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.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/apr/29/john-singleton-director-boyz-n-the-hood-to-be-taken-off-life-support
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.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/apr/29/john-singleton-director-boyz-n-the-hood-to-be-taken-off-life-support
How sad. Very young, and an important film-maker.
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RIP Mr. Singleton.
