John Hughes, the 1980s King of Teen Angst and pubescent trauma shuffles off mortal coil – deads-ville, 59.
Hughes who defined 1980s movie going for a generation nailed Hollywood’s version of teen angst in hit after hit including Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Pretty in Pink, Breakfast Club , Sixteen Candles and more.
Hughes talent repertory company became known collectively as the Brat Pack whose alums include Molly Ringwald, Rob Lowe, Matthew Broderick Jon Cryer and Emilio Estevez.
Hughes also masterminded the Home Alone franchise and Beethoven flicks (the ones about the dog not the composer)
Hughes, 59, dropped dead suddenly on a Manhattan sidewalk after suffering a heart attack.
He began his career writing for National Lampoon magazine penning frat boy articles laced with wry observation and puerile sex jokes.
After Hughes wrote NatLamp’s first Vacation film, his career skyrocketed..
After stepping away from directing after Cury Sue in 1991, Hughes continued to write scripts. His last was Jennifer Lopez‘s Maid in Manhattan 2002
Funny man Steve Martin who starred in Hughes’ Planes, Trains and Automobiles, the quintessential road trip with John Candy offered, "John Hughes was a great director, but his gift was in screenwriting.
"He created deep and complex characters, rich in humanity and humor."
