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'The John Candy Effect': Paul Myers' new biography doesn't contradict perceptions of beloved Canadian actor

Paul Myers was touring Canada as the frontman of the alt-rock band The Gravelberrys when he heard the news about John Candy. It was March 1994, and the band had landed in Whistler, B.C. for a few days ...
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'John Candy: I Like Me' paints an intimate portrait of the late actor

This is FRESH AIR. John Candy, the comic actor who rose to fame in the sketch comedy series "SCTV" and such films as "Stripes," "Splash" and "Spaceballs," died at age 43 in 1994. Now, 31 years later, ...
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John Candy's Tragic Final Moments Revealed: Beloved Actor 'Ate Himself to Death' in Colorado While Filming What Would Be His Last Movie

John Candy was just days away from wrapping up his work on the wild west comedy Wagons East in the spring of 1994, when the grossly overweight comedian suffered a heart attack and passed away at the ...
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'John Candy: I Like Me' paints an intimate portrait of the late actor

Candy died in 1994 at age 43. Now, a new Amazon Prime documentary does a fine job of profiling a gifted entertainer who was also, by all accounts, a very sweet human being. This is FRESH AIR. John ...