http://www.tmz.com/2009/08/06/john-hughes-dies/
And...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8188778.stm
John Hughes has died at the age of 59. Very sad for any fans of films such as The Breakfast Club, 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off', 'Planes, Train and Automobiles', 'Weird Science' and many more.
I'd heard rumours that he was making plans to make a bit of a comeback. He was very much a writer & director of the 80s & early 90s, but I would have loved to seen a new film by him.
RIP.
And for those a little too young to easily remember who he was, here's his wiki entry...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hughes_(director)#Biography