Director John Singleton dies after suffering stroke

NEW YORK (AP) — The family for John Singleton said the Oscar-nominated filmmaker died Monday after he was taken off life support after suffering a stroke almost two weeks ago.

“This was an agonizing decision, one that our family made, over a number of days, with the careful counsel of John’s doctors,” read the statement.

The 51-year-old director of “Boyz in the Hood,” ″Poetic Justice” and other films was in intensive care in a Los Angeles hospital since he had a stroke on April 17.

John Singleton was nominated for an Oscar for 1991′s “Boyz N the Hood.” His recent projects include the TV series “Snowfall.”

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