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John Hughes; filmmaker captured teen heartbeat

Hughes had a heart attack. Hughes had a heart attack.
By Ty Burr
Globe Staff / August 7, 2009

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John Hughes, the writer, director, and producer whose movies defined adolescence for audiences who came of age in the 1980s and whose smart, sympathetic characters endure as icons of the “Brat Pack’’ generation, died yesterday at the age of 59. (Full article: 1211 words)

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