John Hughes, Born on the 18th of February 1950 – Died on the 6th August 2009, he was 59 years old.
As a teenager of the 1980’s, John Hughes was the voice of my generation. As a writer he was responsible for the National Lampoon Vacation movies and Mr. Mom amongst many more but it was as a writer/director that Hughes had his biggest impact. “Sixteen Candles”, “The Breakfast Club” and “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” will always be remembered as the films that spoke to a generation.
John Hughes retired from the public eye in 1994 and only occasionally script doctored a few films (“Drillbit Taylor” and “Maid in Manhatten”) under a pseudonym, Edmond Dantes.
John Hughes died of a heart attack while on a walk in New York on August 6th, 2009. You will be missed Mr. Hughes
And to finish off, I’ll quote Grace from “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” – “Oh, he’s very popular Ed. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, waistoids, dweebies, dickheads – they all adore him. They think he’s a righteous dude.”
