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Earlier today, it was reported that legendary director John Singleton has reportedly passed away at the age of 51.
According to Fox 4 in Kansas City, he had passed away after suffering a major stroke last week which put him into a coma.
The family of director John Singleton told FOX4 film critic @sedwardskc early Monday that Singleton has died.
Singleton had been in a coma after suffering a major stroke more than a week ago.https://t.co/mrMcKSCcIo pic.twitter.com/5sLwUQqlll
— FOX4 News (@fox4kc) April 29, 2019
According to TMZ, who spoke to Singleton’s publicist he has not yet passed away.
John’s publicist tells us the famed director is alive and on life support at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in L.A. We’re told John is still in a medically-induced coma and is non-responsive and not getting better.
I just got an email from John Singleton’s publicist about that one report saying he died early Monday morning.
She said: “John is still in life support. That reporting is inaccurate.”
— michael blackmon (@blackmon) April 29, 2019
Singleton is best known for creating films such as Boyz n the Hood, Poetic Justice, Shaft, Baby Boy, and more. He also co-created Snowfall which airs on FX.
Look back at his interview with Ebro in the Morning from July 2018.