John Hughes, the writer/director who helmed several iconic coming of age films, like
Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, and
Ferris Bueller's Day Off, died in New York on Thursday.
He was 59.
Hughes passed away of a heart attack while taking a morning walk during a family trip to Manhattan,
The Associated Press reports.
A native of Michigan, Hughes was an advertising copywriter in Chicago before launching his career in film. Some