Director/writer/producer John Hughes has died at the age of 59 after a heart attack.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8188778.stm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hughes_%28director%29
He was behind Home Alone, Weird Science, Uncle Buck, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, & many more comedy classics of the 80s and 90s.
RIP
