R.I.P. John Hughes

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  08.06.09 | 5:45 PM ET

Hughes, who wrote “National Lampoon’s Vacation,” has died of a heart attack at age 59. Other travel movie favorites from the prolific writer-director included “European Vacation,” “Christmas Vacation,” “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” and “The Great Outdoors”—the last two made our lists of great travel race movies and great summer vacation movies, respectively, while we gave “Vacation” the World Hum Travel Movie Club treatment for its 25th anniversary last summer.

For my part, I’ll never be able to visit Chicago without thinking of “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” another Hughes classic.

Tags: Movies, Pop Culture Travel, R.I.P., News and Briefs

Eva Holland is co-editor of World Hum. She is a former associate editor at Up Here and Up Here Business magazines, and a contributor to Vela. She's based in Canada's Yukon territory.


1 Comment for R.I.P. John Hughes

TambourineMan 08.07.09 | 8:14 PM ET

Top 5 Hughes movies (writer and/or director):
1. (tie) Planes Trains & Autos / Vacation
2. Weird Science
3. Mr. Mom
4. Ferris Bueller (would’ve placed higher if not for the sappy Cameron story)
5. Sixteen Candles

RIP John Hughes

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