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Sincerely, John Hughes
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
August 10, 2009

Since John Hughes passed away, many tributes have been written, filmed and put together a la montage style in honor of him.

But it wasn't until I ran across this that I truly felt the impact and what kind of person the world had just lost.

It's a blog by Alison Byrne Fields, who as a teen was Hughes' pen pal. She tells a different story of Hughes other than "he was a filmmaker famous for such movies as "The Breakfast Club." Even at the height of his fame, Hughes took the time out to write to Alison, an aspiring young writer. He gave advice, told her about his life, listened to her teen-aged problems.

How many filmmakers today do you think would do that?

It's a fitting tribute to the life of John Hughes, and not just his work.