"Life goes by pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it."
John Hughes wrote those words. Ferris Bueller said them. Then John Hughes, at the peak of his movie-making career, lived them. He stepped away from the movie business to spend more time with his family.
John Hughes died this week of a heart attack at age 59. Too soon. But not before he looked around at his family and made them his priority.
He leaves us Ferris Bueller, Kevin McAllister, John Bender and Uncle Buck. There are many more.
In the video box, a tribute.