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Last week, we reported that director John Singleton had suffered a stroke. Afterward, the story got a little muddled. While Singleton’s mother claimed his situation was dire and she needed to take over his finances, his daughter told the media that her father’s stroke was mild and his condition was improving every day. She said that he was not placed in a coma.

Apparently, Singleton’s mother was correct and the director has been on life support. Recently, according to TMZ, the family has decided to remove Singleton from the life-preserving mechanisms.

In a statement obtained by TMZ, the family wrote:

“It is with heavy hearts we announce that our beloved son, father and friend, John Daniel Singleton will be taken off life support today. This was an agonizing decision, one that our family made, over a number of days, with the careful counsel of John’s doctors.”

The statement also shared that Singleton “quietly struggled with hypertension. More than 40% of African-American men and women have high blood pressure, which also develops earlier in life and is usually more severe.”

The family encouraged Singleton’s fans to recognize the symptoms of hypertension and visit heart.org to learn more information.