John Hughes, 1950-2009
Director, writer, and producer John Hughes died unexpectedly August 6. He had a heart attack while he was out walking in New York. i actually found out about this just a few hours after it happened–from Rob Thomas, who tweeted about it right away. Rob said pretty much the same thing Judd Apatow said, “I feel like a part of my childhood has died.”
It’s hard to describe the impact John Hughes made on a generation–my generation. The teens in his films were either just our age or a little older, and during the 80’s John Hughes was young enough that he didn’t have to speculate what teen angst felt like. We popped in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off a few months ago for our kids to watch–we still knew all the lines, and my kids completely related to it. Now they go around the house quoting the lines. His other writing and/or directing credits include Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Sixteen Candles, She’s Having a Baby, and possibly the most iconic of all, The Breakfast Club.
Our condolences go out to John’s family. We’ll miss him a lot.
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August 13th, 2009 at 7:41 am
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