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Column: For ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’s’ 40th anniversary, we found the real Ferris Bueller

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Ed McNally, a former student at Glenbrook North High School and the person that John Hughes most based the Ferris Bueller character on, revisits the school in Northbrook on May 28, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)
Ed McNally, a former student at Glenbrook North High School and the person that John Hughes most based the Ferris Bueller character on, revisits the school in Northbrook on May 28, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)
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Ed McNally, a former classmate of filmmaker John Hughes, is now an attorney. And he helped us litigate a case against “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.”
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