Movie Director Singleton Taken Off Life Support Following Stroke

Movie Director Singleton Taken Off Life Support Following Stroke

Director, producer, and screenwriter John Singleton will be taken off life support on Monday, according to the New York Times.

This comes after he suffered a stroke earlier this month.

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

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Singleton is 51-years-old.

About Singleton

Singleton was the director, producer, and screenwriter of the 1991 movie “Boyz N the Hood.”

He was nominated for an Oscar for his directing for the film.

Following that movie, he went on to direct over 10 films and TV series including the FX crime show “Snowfall,” 1993’s “Poetic Justice,” featuring Janet Jackson and “Rosewood” in 1997.

He also directed episodes of “Empire,” “American Crime Story,” and “Billions.”

Outside of movies and TV shows, Singleton also directed the music video for Michael Jackson’s 1992 song “Remember the Time.”