‘80s teen flick director John Hughes dies at 59

[WoodysGirl]

Associated Press

Aug. 6, 2009, 4:17PM

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Associated Press

The credits for John Hughes, shown in 1984, also include National Lampoon's Vacation, Mr. Mom and Weird Science.




NEW YORK — A spokeswoman for John Hughes said the director of 1980s coming-of-age films like Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club has died in Manhattan.

Michelle Bega said Hughes, 59, died of a heart attack during a morning walk. He was in Manhattan to visit family.

He made a teen star of Molly Ringwald with 1984's Sixteen Candles, about a girl's nightmarish birthday on the eve of her sister's wedding.

Ringwald also starred in The Breakfast Club, about a group of high school misfits during Saturday detention, and Pretty in Pink.

Hughes also directed Ferris Bueller's Day Off and wrote Home Alone.. He lived in Illinois and set many of his films in the Chicago area.

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[Tusan_Homichi]

Wow. That's another death I didn't see coming.

 

[vta]

Aww, that stinks.
Uncle Buck, Plains, Trains and all of that good stuff.

A little young to go; RIP young man.

 

[bbgun]

The man certainly was prolific. RIP.

 

[Duane]

If you grew up in the 80s his movies helped shaped your life. RIP John.

 

[Maikeru-sama]

RIP

John Bender will always be one of my favorite characters.

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[big dog cowboy]

Wow. I saw a TON of his films and loved them all. Great talent.

 

[kmp77]

He was an 80s god!! He was responsible for a ton of hits. Starting to get old...people who had an influence on me are starting to pass now. That's when age catches up to you.

 

[CowboyWay]

National Lampoons Vacation was based on a short story he wrote. Pure Greatness.

 

[kristie]

"the breakfast club" was my favorite.

 

[Benny Blue Boy]

His movies, always great. National Lampoon, Ferris Bueller, Breakfast Club. Even those Home Alone movies were good for what it was. One of the absolute best movies to me ever is Planes,Trains, & Automobiles

 

[SultanOfSix]

I really liked "Some Kind of Wonderful."