Post by The Collector on Aug 7, 2009 13:46:50 GMT
John Hughes, director of some Hollywood's most successful comedies of the 80s and 90s, has died. He was 59.
Hughes died from a heart attack during a family visit in New York on Thursday.
John Hughes was the director of several fondly remembered classics from the 80s - including The Breakfast Club, Planes, Trains and Automobiles and Ferris Bueller's Day Off. His writing credits also include Pretty In Pink, National Lampoons Vacation and Weird Science.
His biggest hit came in 1990 with festive smash Home Alone. The film, which Hughes wrote and produced, took over $500 million worldwide and made Macaulay Culkin a household name.
Several actors who worked with Hughes have paid tribute to the director/writer.
Matthew Broderick, who was the title character in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, said, "I am truly shocked and saddened by the news about my old friend John Hughes. He was a wonderful, very talented guy and my heart goes out to his family."
Molly Ringwald starred in Hughes' Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink and The Breakfast Club.
She said, "I was stunned and incredibly sad to hear about the death of John Hughes. He was and will always be such an important part of my life.
"He will be missed - by me and everyone that he has touched."
Hughes died from a heart attack during a family visit in New York on Thursday.
John Hughes was the director of several fondly remembered classics from the 80s - including The Breakfast Club, Planes, Trains and Automobiles and Ferris Bueller's Day Off. His writing credits also include Pretty In Pink, National Lampoons Vacation and Weird Science.
His biggest hit came in 1990 with festive smash Home Alone. The film, which Hughes wrote and produced, took over $500 million worldwide and made Macaulay Culkin a household name.
Several actors who worked with Hughes have paid tribute to the director/writer.
Matthew Broderick, who was the title character in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, said, "I am truly shocked and saddened by the news about my old friend John Hughes. He was a wonderful, very talented guy and my heart goes out to his family."
Molly Ringwald starred in Hughes' Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink and The Breakfast Club.
She said, "I was stunned and incredibly sad to hear about the death of John Hughes. He was and will always be such an important part of my life.
"He will be missed - by me and everyone that he has touched."