Pamela Sitt,
Aug 06, 2009
Director John Hughes, who captured 1980s teen angst in films like Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club, has died. He was 59.
Hughes died of a heart attack during a morning walk in Manhattan, where he was visiting family.
He made Molly Ringwald a teen sensation in the 1980s by casting her in Sixteen Candles and Pretty In Pink. She also appeared in his coming-of-age hit, The Breakfast Club, along with Ally Sheedy, Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson and Anthony Michael Hall.
Hughes was known to work with the same revolving group of actors, including members of the so-called 1980s "Brat Pack." His long list of credits includes She's Having A Baby, Uncle Buck, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, and Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
In 1990, he made Macauley Culkin a household name with Home Alone, which he wrote and produced. Four years later, he moved to Wisconsin and withdrew from the public eye, rarely giving interviews or photographs to the media.
