Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller director dead aged 59…
Filmmaker John Hughes has died of a heart attack while out walking in Manhattan earlier today, Thursday 6th of August. Hughes was one of the most prolific and successful writing, directing and producing talents of the 1980s and his credits include National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983), Sixteen Candles (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985), Weird Science (1985), Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986), Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987), Uncle Buck (1989), Home Alone (1990), Beethoven (1992) and Miracle on 34th Street (1994).
While Hughes entered retirement in the mid 1990’s he had contributed to a handful of films in recent years (with his last story credit coming in 2008 with Drillbit Taylor under the pseudonym Edmond Dantes), and will always be remembered for his outstanding and iconic contributions to the comedy genre.
Originally published August 6, 2009. Updated April 10, 2018.
