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August 6th, 2009, 07:44 PM
Director John Hughes dead at 59
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From correspondents in Los Angeles August 07, 2009 07:54am
JOHN Hughes, best known for writing and directing a string of 1980s hit movies including The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller's Day Off, has died, his publicist said today.
He was 59.
Hughes suffered a heart attack while visiting his family in Manhattan, his Los Angeles-based representatives said.
A prolific screenwriter and director, Hughes was the creative inspiration behind a series of teen-oriented films throughout the 1980s before penning the screenplay for the smash 1990 Macaulay Culkin film Home Alone.
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From correspondents in Los Angeles August 07, 2009 07:54am
JOHN Hughes, best known for writing and directing a string of 1980s hit movies including The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller's Day Off, has died, his publicist said today.
He was 59.
Hughes suffered a heart attack while visiting his family in Manhattan, his Los Angeles-based representatives said.
A prolific screenwriter and director, Hughes was the creative inspiration behind a series of teen-oriented films throughout the 1980s before penning the screenplay for the smash 1990 Macaulay Culkin film Home Alone.