‘Home Alone’ Star John Heard Found Dead In His California Hotel Room

Hollywood star, John Heard, who was famous for his role as the father of Macaulay Culkin in hit 90s movies Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, has been reported dead..

The star actor was found dead in his hotel room.

According to TMZ, the police were called to the actor’s Palo Alto, California hotel room for a medical emergency, but Heard was pronounced dead on arrival.

The cause of death is not yet made public, though the actor’s rep tells TMZ that he had undergone a “minor back surgery” on Wednesday at Stanford Medical Center and had only checked into the hotel to recuperate.

John Heard, who was 72, was married to actress Margot Kidder for less than a week in 1979. His only surviving child, John Matthew “Jack” Heard, was conceived with ex-girlfriend, actress Melissa Leo.