![]() ![]() Singleton's passing prompted widespread praise for a filmmaker who, as his "Shaft" star Samuel L. She maintained that her father was not in a coma and that doctors did not "have a concrete diagnosis." She opposed her grandmother becoming conservator, or guardian. But on Friday, Singleton's daughter Cleopatra Singleton, 19, filed a declaration disputing that account. Ward's filing said that Singleton was in a coma. A court filing last week by his mother, Shelia Ward, requested that she be appointed Singleton's temporary conservator in order to make medical and financial decisions while he was incapacitated. Singleton had been in intensive care in a Los Angeles hospital since he had a stroke on April 17. Singleton's death Monday followed a turbulent week during which his family members made opposing court filings regarding his health. In 2002, "Boyz N the Hood" was added to the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, which called it "an innovative look at life and the tough choices present for kids growing up in South Central Los Angeles." And one of them was called 'Summer of '84,' which was about growing up in South Central LA." ![]() In fact, when I applied to USC film school they had a thing that asked you to write three ideas for films. "As I started to think about what I wanted to do with my life, and cinema became an option, it was just natural that this was probably gonna be my first film. "I think I was living this film before I ever thought about making it," Singleton told Vice in 2016. Singleton would later call it a "rap album on film." ![]() "Boyz N the Hood" was a critical and commercial hit, given a 20-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival and praised as a groundbreaking extension of rap to the big screen, a realistic and compassionate take on race, class, peer pressure and family. and Ice Cube and centered on three friends in South Central Los Angeles, where college aspirations competed with the pressures of gang life. Singleton was in his early 20s, just out of the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts, when he wrote, directed and produced "Boyz N the Hood." Based on Singleton's upbringing and shot in his old neighborhood, the low-budget production starred Cuba Gooding Jr. Earlier this month, the director suffered a major stroke. Singleton's family said Monday that he died in Los Angeles, surrounded by family and friends, after being taken off life support. In addition to Boyz N The Hood, Gobert also had roles in the 1993 movie Poetic Justice and 1995’s Higher Learning.NEW YORK - 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 black communities in his native Los Angeles and beyond, has died. Gobert’s then 16-year-old girlfriend was shot in the right side of the neck but survived and was left paralyzed from the neck down. His friend, 19-year-old Ignacio Hernandez, was also fatally shot when he attempted to help Gobert during the fight. While specifics are unknown, he was involved in a race with another man which led to an argument… and eventually gunshots. 19, 1994, Gobert was shot after an argument ensued during a race in Mira Loma, Calif. We had no idea, until it popped up on our Facebook feed. The pacifier-sucking character was played by Dedrick Gobert, and he died just three years after the film’s release… and just days before he would’ve turned 23 years old.Īccording to reports, he was killed in a gang shooting over an illegal drag race. But, did you the actor who played Dooky died? There were some memorable characters in the 1991 hood classic, Boyz N The Hood. ![]()
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