Writer/Director John Hughes Dead at 59

[Rupert Pupkin]

Legendary writer/director John Hughes died of a heart attack today at the age of 59 years old. He was one of my all-time favorites. He wrote the movies "Home Alone", "Pretty in Pink", and "National Lampoon's Vacation". He wrote and directed "The Breakfast Club", "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", "Sixteen Candles", Planes, Trains & Automobiles", and "Uncle Buck".

He had an incredible string of hits during the 1980s and 1990s.

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