By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com
Published: 01:41 BST, 25 May 2019 | Updated: 04:47 BST, 25 May 2019
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Cuba Gooding Jr. opened up to reveal how he got to give an emotional final farewell to Boyz In The Hood filmmaker John Singleton before his death at the age of 51 in April.
'I was with John when he passed in the hospital, he was already in a coma when we got there,' the actor said in a TooFab exclusive.
'But I got the opportunity to tell him that I love him, and to thank him for starting my career, and Omar Gooding's career, my brother who was in Baby Boy.'
Emotional goodbye: Cuba Gooding Jr. got to say a final farewell to Boyz N The Hood filmmaker John Singleton before he died following a major stroke in April
Gooding Jr. choked back tears as he recalled the moment he got word his friend and mentor had suffered a stroke and rushed to the hospital.
The Oscar-nominated director suffered a major stroke on April 17, after which he was put into a medically-induced coma.
His family made the difficult decision to take him off life-support two weeks later on April 28.
