Hughes, John

John Hughes
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Name	Hughes, John Gender: M
Birthname	John Wilden Hughes Jr.
born on	18 February 1950
Place	Lansing, Michigan, 42n44, 84w33
Timezone	EST h5w (is standard time)
Data source	Date w/o time Rodden Rating X Collector: Scholfield
Astrology data	29°29'

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Biography

American filmmaker who began his career as an author of humorous essays and stories for National Lampoon. He went on to write, produce and sometimes direct some of the most successful live-action comedy films of the 1980s and 1990s.

These films include National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) and its sequels National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985) and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), Mr. Mom (1983), Sixteen Candles (1984), Weird Science (1985), The Breakfast Club (1985), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Pretty in Pink (1986), Some Kind of Wonderful (1987), Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987), She's Having a Baby (1988), Uncle Buck (1989), Dutch (1991), Dennis the Menace (1993), Baby's Day Out (1994), the Beethoven franchise (co-written under a pseudonym with Amy Holden-Jones) and Home Alone (1990) and its sequels Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) and Home Alone 3 (1997).

Most of Hughes's work is set in the Chicago metropolitan area. He is best known for his coming-of-age teen comedy films which often combined magic realism with honest depictions of suburban teenage life. Many of his most enduring characters from these years were written for Molly Ringwald, who was Hughes' muse.

In 1970, 20-year old Hughes married Nancy Ludwig, whom he had met in high school. Together they had two children: John Hughes III (born in 1976) and James Hughes (born in 1979).

While out on a walk on the morning of 6 August 2009 in New York, Hughes suffered a fatal heart attack. He was 59.

The 82nd Academy Awards (2010) included a tribute to Hughes' work. A retrospective of clips from Hughes' films was followed by cast members from several of them, including Molly Ringwald, Matthew Broderick, Macaulay Culkin, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Anthony Michael Hall and Jon Cryer, gathering on stage to commemorate the man and his contributions to the film industry.

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Relationships

• associate relationship with Candy, John (born 31 October 1950)

• associate relationship with Ringwald, Molly (born 18 February 1968)

• friend relationship with Vaughn, Vince (born 28 March 1970)

• compare to chart of Diamond, Jason (born 8 July 1980)

Events

• Death by Heart Attack 6 August 2009 (Age 59)
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Source Notes

Sy Scholfield quotes birth notice, Lansing State Journal, 22 February 1950, page 10, born at St. Lawrence hospital, no time given.

Categories

• Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Heart disease/attack

• Family : Relationship : Marriage more than 15 Yrs

• Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3 (Two sons)

• Personal : Death : Illness/ Disease (Heart attack)

• Vocation : Business/Marketing : Advertising (Copywriter)

• Vocation : Entertain/Business : Director

• Vocation : Entertain/Business : Entertain Producer

• Vocation : Writers : Humor

• Vocation : Writers : Playwright/ script (Screenwriter)