Legendary 80’s film maker, John Hughes, is another icon gone this summer. He died in New York City while out for a morning stroll in the streets of Manhattan, he fell and suffered a heart attack. He was staying in NYC for a little while to visit family members.

John Hughes is the director of such iconic movies as, “The Breakfast Club”, “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”, “Uncle Buck”, “Plains Trains and Automobiles”, “Curly Sue”, and more. If it wasn’t for John, then stars like Anthony Michael Hall, Macaulay Culkin, Mathew Broderick, and Molly Ringwald wouldn’t have gotten their fame.

The same goes for rock bands like the Psychedellic Furs and Simple Minds. John Hughes included the Simple Minds song “Don’t You Forget About Me” for the “Breakfast Club” movie, which the song became an essential hit song of all times.

John Hughes was one of the most talented film makers in Hollywood back in the 80’s. John hasn’t directed a new movie since 1991’s “Curly Sue”, but he has written a handful of scripts over the years.

The Associated Press reports:

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