29th April 2019
John Singleton Dead at 51 (tmz.com).
John Singleton, the first African American nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director—whose decorated career spanned nearly three decades in Hollywood—has died … TMZ has learned.
A week after he had suffered a massive stroke in hospital after having checked himself in after experiencing problems with his legs after returning from Costa Rica. The director of 9 films, his most famous and that most responsible for his legacy being 1991’s Boyz n the Hood which was nominated for both Best Director and Best Original Screenplay during the 64th Academy Awards, with Singleton the youngest person ever nominated for Best Director and the first African-American to be nominated for the award and a film which the Library of Congress deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” for preservation in the National Film Registry in 2002.
Ice Cube, who starred in “Boyz n the Hood” just gave us an emotional statement on John’s passing, saying, “Thank you John for being my friend, brother and mentor for 30 years. For believing in me when I was unsure of myself. Your passion for telling our stories from our point of view was more than an obsession, it was your mission in life.”
#RIPJohnSingleton (Instagram).
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