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American Icon John Hughes dead at 59

August 10th, 2009 · No Comments

John Hughes, the landmark director and voice of awkward disassociated teens everywhere died Thursday of a heart attack in Manhattan while taking a walk. He was 59. The filmmaker, whom critic Roger Ebert once called “the philosopher of adolescence,” was without a doubt a major influence on many of the filmmakers to come since his [...]

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