Director John Singleton is currently in a coma after suffering a “major stroke.”
The famed director — who in 1992, became the youngest person, and the first African American, to ever be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for his work directing the classic Boyz n the Hood — is just 51 years old.
Experiencing a stroke at age 51, particularly of this magnitude, is “uncommon,” but part of the growing rate of strokes in younger people. While around two-thirds of all strokes occur in people over 65, according to the Centers for Disease Control, the median stroke age is trending downwards. A 2016 study...
The famed director — who in 1992, became the youngest person, and the first African American, to ever be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for his work directing the classic Boyz n the Hood — is just 51 years old.
Experiencing a stroke at age 51, particularly of this magnitude, is “uncommon,” but part of the growing rate of strokes in younger people. While around two-thirds of all strokes occur in people over 65, according to the Centers for Disease Control, the median stroke age is trending downwards. A 2016 study...
- 4/26/2019
- by Julie Mazziotta
- PEOPLE.com
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