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Oscar-nominated writer and director John Singleton has died, Fox News can confirm. He was 51.
The Singleton family told Fox News on Monday Singleton “passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family and friends.”
“We want to thank the amazing doctors at Cedars-Sinai Hospital for their expert care and kindness and we again want thank all of John’s fans, friends and colleagues for all of the love and support they showed him during this difficult time,” the statement continued.
The news comes hours after it was revealed that his family made the “agonizing decision” to remove Singleton off of life support. It was a decision made “over a number of days, with the careful counsel of John’s doctors,” the family previously told Fox News.
“John Singleton is a prolific, ground-breaking director who changed the game and opened doors in Hollywood, a world that was just a few miles away, yet worlds away, from the neighborhood in which he grew up,” the statement said.
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Singleton had been in a coma following a stroke last week. The director’s family had previously announced that he had a stroke on April 17, but there had been no details revealed about the seriousness of his condition.
Monday’s earlier statement said: “John loved nothing more than giving opportunities to new talent and his films came to be known for career-making roles with actors who the industry would come to embrace; talents such as Tupac Shakur, Regina King, Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard, Ice Cube, Tyrese and Taraji P. Henson.
This July 13, 1991 file photo shows filmmaker John Singleton, who made the movie “Boyz N The Hood,” in Los Angeles.
(AP Photo/Bob Galbraith)
“We are grateful to his fans, friends and colleagues for the outpour 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.”
According to his family, Singleton “quietly struggled with hypertension” and asked that fans learn about the condition by going to Heart.org.
Singleton had been in intensive care in a Los Angeles hospital. A court filing last week by his mother, Shelia Ward, requested that she be appointed Singleton’s temporary conservator in order to make medical and financial decisions while he is incapacitated.
This Feb. 9, 1997 file photo shows film director John Singleton posing in New York to promote his film “Rosewood.” (AP Photo/Todd Plitt)
Singleton received Oscar nominations for Best Original Screenplay and Best Director for “Boyz n the Hood,” the first black filmmaker to be so recognized. His other work includes “Poetic Justice,” starring Janet Jackson, and the TV series “Snowfall.”
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His friends, colleagues and admirers were wishing him well as word of his poor health spread.
Shonda Rhimes, the Rev. Al Sharpton and fellow director Ava DuVernay were among those offering prayers on Twitter.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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