John Hughes Mourned At Private Lake Forest Funeral (VIDEO)

LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Filmmaker John Hughes is being remembered by family and friends who gathered in a Chicago suburb for a private funeral.

The director of "The Breakfast Club" and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" died of a heart attack Thursday during a walk in Manhattan. The 59-year-old Hughes was in New York to visit family.

In addition to family and friends, colleagues such as Vince Vaughn, Ben Stein and Matthew Broderick gathered Tuesday at the Wenban Funeral Home in Lake Forest for Hughes' memorial service.

Stein, who played Ferris Bueller's teacher, was one of the speakers who paid tribute to Hughes.

He called the service "very touching" and said there was "a lot of crying."

After the service, the mourners gathered in a procession to a Lake Forest cemetery, where Hughes was to be laid to rest.

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Information from: Chicago Tribune, http://www.chicagotribune.com

-ASSOCIATED PRESS

Comments

[Goodtimes09]

This whole event seemed like a scene from a John Hughes film
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kuNnnW-7Ws

[LMPE]

I would hate to have Ben Stein at my funeral.

[jazzyfizzle]

http://wellknowwhenwegetthere.blogspot.com/2009/08/sincerely-john-hughes.html

[mirza]

see also http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/12/opinion/12ringwald.html?_r=1&hp

[VOTER]

Thanks for the link.

A lovely tribute.

[PlaceboStudman]

That was awesome. I always admired Molly for abandoning the trappings of Hollywood. Her movies (aka The John Hughes Trilogy) really now are a time capsule for many of us

[JoeGdr]

Awesome read. Thanks for posting the link.

[VOTER]

What a worthless video ..........­..........­....

[janie@atthelake]

What video?