Man, this sucks and pour one out. If you were hoping for ’80s comedy maestro John Hughes — who in recent years had sort of pulled a J.D. Salinger — to ever make a comeback you can sadly forget it.
The writer/director/producer passed away today at the age of 59, apparently from a heart attack.
He evidently passed away suddenly while taking a morning walk during a trip to Manhattan to visit family.
Hughes fantastic body of work includes film’s like “Planes, Trains and Automobiles,” “National Lampoon’s Vacation,” and the “Home Alone” series but he is known and cherished for his irreverent ’80s coming-of-age films like, “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” “Weird Science,” “The Breakfast Club,” “Sixteen Candles,” and “Pretty in Pink.”
All his films generally contained kick-ass soundtracks which we always adored as a kid and were nice gateway drugs to better music. We suppose, we’ll always have the films. RIP. [ET]
Don’t forget about him.