Writer/Director John Hughes Has Passed Away at 59
The site is reporting that the director suffered a heart attack during a morning walk in New York City, where he was visiting family members. Hughes was known for such 80s classics as Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science and Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
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Mutant
This is sad, RIP. A two minutes of silence.
3 years agoby @zenderFlag
slysnide
Did he retire after his '80s streak or something? Or did his flicks just get bad after that? Ya know with the changing of the times and such.
3 years agoby @slysnideFlag
Molemanjoop
RIP John Hughes, U were a genius responsible for some of thr GREATEST 80s comedy classics that I grew up on. Your work will live on for ever & stay with me for the rest of me & my families lives !!!! You will be greatly missed !!!!!!!!!!
3 years agoby @molemanjupeFlag
Forrestgump1
R.I.P
3 years agoby @forrestgump1Flag
Forrestgump1
MAN! He Will BE missed!....He WaZ A GrEat Filmaker!!!
3 years agoby @forrestgump1Flag
slysnide
WoW. 59. And to think I told a friend that I figured 2 more would be off by summer's end. It's lookin like I may be right before long. 24 days...
RIP.
3 years agoby @slysnideFlag
incmob
"REAL SMOOTH CLIFF"... Mr. Hughes thanks for the memories, you were the encyclopedia, and instruction manual for my youth in the 80's. thank you for giving us films full of characters that will last a lifetime, and giving us characters we could relate to, could laugh at, and fall in love with. there truly will never be anyone that comes close to who we are that fell in love with your films,then you Mr. Hughes. you are sincerely one of my heroes of film making and screen writing and your films will live on as they were intended to do. Rest in piece.
3 years agoby @incmobFlag
spideykea
His films will never be forgotten. RIP
3 years agoby @spideykeaFlag
wizdome
RIP - Great director = Great Movies. Some of my favs: Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
3 years agoby @wizdomeFlag
Solar XI
This is sad. He's one of my influences. Ferris Bueller and The Breakfast are my absolute favorites from this man.
3 years agoby @solarxiFlag
CelluloidDreams
Saturday, March 24,1984. Shermer High School, Shermer, Illinois, 60062. Dear Mr. Vernon, We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong. What we did *was* wrong. But we think you're crazy to make us write an essay telling you who we think we are. What do you care? You see us as you want to see us - in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. You see us as a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess and a criminal. Correct? That's the way we saw each other at 7:00 this morning. We were brainwashed.
3 years agoby @2movieguysFlag
HorrorHound
On oF The Greatest Of All Time, he gave us many , many great movies !! R.I.P. 1950-2009
3 years agoby @donnieFlag
FatWeasel
RIP, Hughsey.
3 years agoby @fatweaselFlag
lantimes
I Salute you Mr. Hughes. anytime i had a sh*t day i would crack on planes trains, or ferris, or national lampoon's. your the man.
3 years agoby @lantimesFlag
GK
RIP
3 years agoby @indianajonesFlag
ZanyZap
You shall be missed, sir.
3 years agoby @zanyzapFlag
Messenger
RIP my fellow writer, I hope to write movies that live as long as yours.
3 years agoby @messengerFlag
lawliet
Wow, just woah. He made so many great films and made such an impact on movies and pop culture and culture as a whole. He was an icon of the 80s and icon still to this day. A testament to that is that although he created most of his films for the 80s audience he still struck a powerful chord with me and im a 90s baby by birth, but an 80s one at heart.
His legacy will live on in the films he made and the people he influenced and inspired. He spoke to everyone through everything he made incuding my personal favorite The Breakfast Club.
Everyone could relate to someone in that movie and that really meant something to me and many of his fans.
May you Rest In Peace Mr. Hughes
3 years agoby @lawlietFlag
ed_wood
RIP....His movies were always playing when I grew up. Love Weird Science and Ferris Bueller.
3 years agoby @ed-woodFlag
The Narrator: The Better Man
Cell said it perfect. He did define generations, and damn... RIP Mr. Hughes. Maybe God enjoyed your movies so much he wanted to talk to you face to face. God speed, I will watch Ferris Bueller's today also Diaigma. Damn...
3 years agoby @narratorFlag
XxxHolic
John Hughes was a great. I loved Sixteen Candles. May he rest in peace!
3 years agoby @xxxholicFlag
kyle_hannah
That really sucks Hughes was responsible for some of the best and most iconic movies of the 80's. RIP you made films that are relatable and hold up today the John Hughes legacy will live on.
3 years agoby @kyle-hannahFlag
CelluloidDreams
John Hughes died today. I guess the obvious thing to say is a big part of my awkward teenage years died with him. His '80s teen films "Sixteen Candles," "The Breakfast Club" and "Pretty in Pink" helped define my generation.
Rest in peace, John Hughes. Thanks for laughs along the road.
3 years agoby @2movieguysFlag
CelluloidDreams
WOW!!! My childhood is gone now!! Every film of his I saw I theater at least 2xs!!!
These films changedmy summers as a kid:
Sixteen Candles (1984)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Weird Science (1985)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986
3 years agoby @2movieguysFlag
Draktyr
Man...one of my favorite director's from the 80's. RIP, John, you will be missed! :(
3 years agoby @draktyrFlag
AnnoyingFilmCritic
I just saw on the news that iconic 80's director John Hughes passed away today. That's a total shock...he was only 59 years old. Hughes was the seminal teen comedy movie director who tapped into the zetgeist of the times and showed that teenagers were multifacted, not just numb archetypes looking to get laid. Fortunately he has left a superlative cinema legacy that many generations love. R.I.P.
3 years agoby @annoyingfilmcriticFlag
Diaigma
Absolutely sad. What a downer this has made my day. I will watch Bueller tonight in your honor. RIP, Mr. Hughes.
3 years agoby @diaigmaFlag
Structure (ONSTRA)
omg everyone is dying, not cool. not cool at all....
RIP John Hughes..
3 years agoby @gaj1992Flag
Shelley
R.I.P. John Hughes.
3 years agoby @shelleyFlag
Phil Mata
I just found out moments ago. R.I.P. John Hughes.
3 years agoby @phil-mataFlag