John Hughes will not be down for breakfast

BRWombat · Post by **BRWombat** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 4:42 pm

Director John Hughes Dead at 59

[INDENT]Famed teen-film director John Hughes, who rose to fame with such coming -of-age films as "The Breakfast Club" and "Pretty in Pink," died of a heart attack Thursday, his spokeswoman confirms to FOX News.

The 59-year-old was taking a morning walk in New York when he went into cardiac arrest, according to Michelle Bega. He was in Manhattan visiting his family.

Hughes was famous for his countless hit movies in the 1980s including "Sixteen Candles," "Home Alone" and Ferris Bueller's Day Off." His films made such young stars as Molly Ringwald, Demi Moore and Andrew McCarthy household names in the 80s, with fans dubbing the group of actors "The Brat Pack."

Hughes was born in 1950 in Michigan and began his career in the field of advertising. At the time of his death, he lived in Illinois and set many of his films in the Chicago area. He is survived by his wife of 39 years, Nancy, with whom he had two sons, John and James.[/INDENT]

CujoSR · Post by **CujoSR** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 5:17 pm

:( Well that sucks.

DisneyMom · Post by **DisneyMom** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 5:52 pm

Very Sad. :(
My Family almost obsessively watches some of those movies (Ferris Bueller, Sixteen Candles)
and kids just discovered Breakfast Club.
LOL, though, thought you meant John Waters at first.....
Different movies!

February · Post by **February** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 6:02 pm

Awww man.

in addition to Ferris, my favorites are Pretty in Pink and the underrated (i thought it was underrated anyway) Some Kind of Wonderful...

Come on. The guy who gave us Cameron Frye and Ducky Dale???

fifty nine is entirely too young.

but then we lost dear Douglas (Adams) when he was only forty-nine to a heart attack as well...

:(

turkeyham · Post by **turkeyham** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 6:22 pm

I remember watching those movies in high school. Pretty in Pink.

techie-13 · Post by **techie-13** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 6:31 pm

Those are some of my favorite movies. I watch them whenever I find them on a channel and it doesn't even matter what part of the movie I find them in.

I wonder what Kevin Smith will have to say. He had Jay and Silent Bob commenting on John Hughes movies in the movie Dogma. I think they were looking for the town that all the movies were set in.

TdcOgre · Post by **TdcOgre** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 7:17 pm

http://tinyurl.com/mvzq48

or

http://www.reuters.com/article/mediaNew ... 0920090806

Bueller, Bueller?

Also the writer of the remakes of 101 Dalmatians and Flubber.

:(

lady ulrike · Post by **lady ulrike** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 7:42 pm

techie-13 wrote: I wonder what Kevin Smith will have to say. He had Jay and Silent Bob commenting on John Hughes movies in the movie Dogma. I think they were looking for the town that all the movies were set in.

Yes they were. In more polite terms than Jay put it, all the men are wimps and the women are hot and need a good lay was the reason they were looking for it.

BRWombat · Post by **BRWombat** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 3:49 pm

Here is a wonderful article written by someone who was a penpal with Hughes for many years. Great insights, including into why he seemed to disappear after having so many hits.

http://wellknowwhenwegetthere.blogspot. ... ughes.html

Mayonnaise · Post by **Mayonnaise** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 3:55 pm

Wow.... just... wow....

8^)

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