John Hughes, the director of seminal movies such as Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, passed away today. He was 59 years old.The Michigan-born writer, director, and producer died suddenly of a heart attack while taking a morning walk during a trip to Manhattan to visit family.
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Update 1: Click here for reactions from Matthew Broderick, Macaulay Culkin, and Jeffrey Jones (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’s Dean Edward R. Rooney), among others.
Update 2: Now click here to read what Molly Ringwald and Steve Martin said upon hearing the news.
Update 3: Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, film critic Roger Ebert, Ben Stein, and Judd Nelson, among others, have added their voices in remembrance of John Hughes.
2 comments:
So young! That's the really sad part.
All his movies defined my generation. He will be missed.
What happened to Jeffrey Jones? Wasn't he listed as a Florida sex offender for having child porn?
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