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Acclaimed director John Singleton's stroke: African-Americans face greater risk
5:47pm PDT - April 29th, 2019 luke perry - USA TodayDirector and screenwriter John Singleton died less that two weeks after a massive stroke. Like many African-Americans, he struggled with high blood pressure