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Director John Hughes Dies
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Posted on 08/06/2009 2:05:53 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache

John Hughes died an hour ago of a heart attack


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To: SuziQ
Oh, my goodness, he was way too young to die. I say that, cause I just turned 56, and 59 still looks too young to die, from where I sit!

59 is waaaaay too you ng to die from where I sit at 33.

May eternal light shine upon him.
21 posted on 08/06/2009 2:13:32 PM PDT by TomOnTheRun
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To: Admin Moderator

If you need a link

http://www.tmz.com/2009/08/06/john-hughes-dies/


22 posted on 08/06/2009 2:14:23 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache (An oath to a liar is no oath at all)
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To: ThreeYearLurker

AMC will waste no time in announcing an all Hughes weekend this weekend for sure.


23 posted on 08/06/2009 2:17:47 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache (An oath to a liar is no oath at all)
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To: My Favorite Headache

Thanks for the laughs, John.


24 posted on 08/06/2009 2:18:06 PM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Those who provide the least and demand the most have a voting majority.)
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To: My Favorite Headache

I’l set my DVR if they are.


25 posted on 08/06/2009 2:18:29 PM PDT by ThreeYearLurker
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To: My Favorite Headache
Whoa - only 59 and married for 39 years while being a Hollywood fatcat for so long?

The Academy should award him a Lifetime Achievement Award for that fact alone...

A: You can never go too far. B: If I'm gonna get busted, it is *not* gonna be by a guy like *that*.

26 posted on 08/06/2009 2:18:30 PM PDT by Senator Pardek
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To: My Favorite Headache; Clemenza; Impy; Clintonfatigued; darkangel82; rabscuttle385

One of my favorite directors from the ‘80s. Kept waiting for his comeback film, alas, not to be. Rest in peace, and say hi to Principal “Dick” Vernon for me.


27 posted on 08/06/2009 2:20:25 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: My Favorite Headache

Loved his movies. Prayers for him and his family.


28 posted on 08/06/2009 2:22:21 PM PDT by St. Louis Conservative
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To: My Favorite Headache

Planes, Trains was his best IMO. I didn’t see some of his later films, but I usually could enjoy even the ones I was not as fond of. For example, I thought Some Kind of Wonderful was rather weak, but I still watch it just about any time it’s on. A little trivia: over Hughes’ objections, the studio insisted that Andie end up with Blane at the end of Pretty in Pink. He wrote Some Kind of Wonderful to get the ending he wanted: the poor guy ends up not with the rich girl he covets, but with the poor girl.


29 posted on 08/06/2009 2:23:58 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: My Favorite Headache

Sad. A great artist who will be missed.


30 posted on 08/06/2009 2:24:03 PM PDT by agooga (Struggling every day to be worthy of their sacrifice.)
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31 posted on 08/06/2009 2:24:05 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache (An oath to a liar is no oath at all)
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To: Rastus
Planes, Trains was his best IMO.

"See that Bears game last week?"

32 posted on 08/06/2009 2:25:33 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

“Those aren’t PILLOWS!”


33 posted on 08/06/2009 2:27:03 PM PDT by agooga (Struggling every day to be worthy of their sacrifice.)
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To: Recovering_Democrat

where is verification for this?


34 posted on 08/06/2009 2:27:59 PM PDT by paltz
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To: dfwgator

“Oh, dear.”

“Oh, dear what?”

“You’re f-—ed.”


35 posted on 08/06/2009 2:28:21 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: My Favorite Headache

36 posted on 08/06/2009 2:29:06 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache (An oath to a liar is no oath at all)
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To: qam1

What’s the score?

Nuthin, nuthin

Who’s winnin’?

RIP John

thanks for the ping qam1


37 posted on 08/06/2009 2:32:06 PM PDT by Rightly Biased (We are all equal here but some of us are more equal than others.)
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To: My Favorite Headache

John Hughes has died of a heart attack.

Hughes suffered the heart attack while taking a morning walk during a trip to NYC to visit family.

http://www.tmz.com/2009/08/06/john-hughes-dies/


38 posted on 08/06/2009 2:32:46 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: umgud

Wow. National Lampoon’s Vacation is one of my all-time favorites.

RIP, John. Thanks for the laughs.


39 posted on 08/06/2009 2:33:38 PM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Impeach the sumbeech)
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To: My Favorite Headache

In the mid-’90s, though, Hughes retreated from Hollywood, moving to Illinois and largely declining to give interviews.

According to Variety, Hughes was born February 18, 1950, in Michigan and is survived by his wife of 39 years, Nancy; two sons, John and James; and four grandchildren.


40 posted on 08/06/2009 2:34:17 PM PDT by kcvl
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