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A memorial wreath stands on John Singleton’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles. The 51-year-old director died Monday, April 29, 2019, after suffering several strokes.

A memorial wreath stands on John Singleton’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles. The 51-year-old director died Monday, April 29, 2019, after suffering several strokes.

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Critically acclaimed filmmaker John Singleton dies at 51

Director John Singleton, who made one of Hollywood’s most memorable debuts with the Oscar-nominated “Boyz N the Hood” and continued over the following decades to probe the lives of African-American communities in his native Los Angeles and beyond, died Monday, April 29, 2019, after suffering several strokes during the last two weeks. He was 51.