John Hughes

John Hughes the writer/director who brought us so many hours of movie entertainment died of a heart attack at age 59.
Hughes was noted for his ability to so aptly portray the turmoil and trials of teenage life through his “coming-of-age” films.  Among his many writing and directing credits of this genre are Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink,  Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and, of course, the cult classic The Breakfast Club.
The Breakfast Club shined the spotlight on five, until then, unknown young actors who eventually became referred to as “The Brat Pack”.   They were Anthony Michael Hall, Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson and Ally Sheedy.

Hughes also wrote and/or directed other wonderful films such as Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Uncle Buck, Mr. Mom, Home Alone 1, 2, 3, and 4, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Weird Science, and Some Kind of Wonderful.
In recent years, Hughes has withdrawn from the film business to be with his family and to maintain a 600-acre alfalfa farm in northern Illinois.  He is survived by Nancy, his high school sweetheart and wife of 39 years, two sons and four grandchildren.

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