'80s teen flick director John Hughes dies in New York of a heart attack during a morning walk in Manhattan._
Hollywood best writer-director John Hughes, Hollywood's youth impresario of the 1980s and '90s who captured the teen and preteen market with such favorites as "The Breakfast Club," "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and "Home Alone, died Thursday, a spokeswoman said. He was 59.
