r.i.p. john hughes

[queenlives]

director of "Sixteen Candles," "The Breakfast Club", "Some Kind of Wonderful", "National Lampoon's Vacation", "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" and "Home Alone"

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/06/obit.john.hughes/index.html

and this from roger ebert:

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090806/PEOPLE/908069969

 

[Eclipsed]

damn, its like the father of my childhood just died. I grew up on John Hughes films!

 

[tosugrad]

Rip j.h.

 

[ChopsJazz]

Great director. "She's Having A Baby" is one of my all-time favorites.

 

[Miner]

Harsh news. May he rest in peace.