John Hughes Death was happened in April 6,2009 due to the heart attack while he was walking in Manhattan.

He was highly-recognized for his movies "Sixteen Candles," "The Breakfast Club", "Pretty in Pink", "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and "Some Kind of Wonderful." He was died at an age of 59..

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