Friday, August 7, 2009

John Hughes Dies at 59



Writer/director John Hughes died of a heart attack Thursday morning in New York. He made some of the most memorable movies of the 80’s and 90’s including The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Sixteen Candles, National Lampoon’s Vacation, Pretty in Pink, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, Home Alone, Uncle Buck, and Weird Science along with many others. Molly Ringwald released a statement saying,

"I was stunned and incredibly sad to hear about the death of John Hughes," Ringwald said in a statement. "He was and will always be such an important part of my life."

"He will be missed - by me and by everyone that he has touched," she added. "My heart and all my thoughts are with his family now."

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