John Singleton was the first African-American and the youngest person to be nominated for an Academy Award for best director for 'Boyz n the Hood'
LOS ANGELES: John Singleton, who made his directorial debut with the acclaimed film “Boyz n the Hood” about young men struggling in a gang-ridden Los Angeles neighbourhood, died on Monday at the age of 51, his family said, days after he suffered a stroke.
Earlier on Monday, the family said it had made the “agonising decision” to withdraw life support from Singleton, who was being cared for at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles since having a stroke on April 17. He became the first African-American and the youngest person to be nominated for an Academy Award for best director, at age 24, for the movie, which he also wrote.
Most recently, Singleton was the co-creator and executive producer of FX network TV series “Snowfall” about the start of the cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles.
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