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John Hughes' funeral took place yesteday at the Wenban Funeral Home in Chicago. John Hughes died five days ago of a heart attack in New York, and was laid to rest at Lake Forest Cemetery following a low-key funeral attended by family and close friends, such as Matthew Broderick and Ben Stein.
A local television crew was encamped near the Wenban Funeral Home, but the event was paparazzi-free.
Mourners arrived for the noon funeral, their cars quickly filling the small parking lot (a van shuttled the rest from a nearby area). They ranged from infant to elderly, and aside from the rare familiar face, this was a crowd whom Hughes, not the world, knew -- as befitting an incredibly successful filmmaker who lived an increasingly low-profile life outside Chicago rather than in the Hollywood spotlight.
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at 14:44 on August 12th, 2009
The people who cared came to pay respect, which would have pleased Mr. Hughes far more than the glitz and sham mourning.
at 07:43 on October 9th, 2009
john hughes gave me the best comedy films, home alone and its sequelR.I.P