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April 30, 2019

John Singleton, Who Directed "Boyz n the Hood" and "Rosewood," Dies at 51
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Filmmaker John Singleton, whose directorial debut "Boyz n the Hood" told
a gritty tale of gangs in South Central Los Angeles during the 1980s and
'90s, died Monday after suffering a stroke. He was just 51 years old.
Singleton was the first African American-and the youngest person ever-to
be nominated for an Oscar for best director, in 1992. In 1997, he
directed "Rosewood," a historical drama based on the 1923 Rosewood
massacre, when a white mob killed black residents and destroyed their
Florida town.


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