“John Candy: I Like Me” is the kind of glowing celebrity tribute you expect to get at a beloved star’s funeral, not all these years after their death (it opens with Dan Aykroyd’s eloquent eulogy for ...

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, ...

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 ...

My favorite John Candy moment is just a blink in a semi-obscure skit. It’s from “SCTV,” the Canadian sketch comedy series, and Candy, wearing a suit and a fluffy blond wig, is playing drums for a ...

There are some entertainers who never really leave us, even long after they’re gone. John Candyhas always been one of those rare few, at least for me. Having grown up in the greater Toronto area, ...

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John Candy married Rose Candy in 1979 and they shared two children John Candy married Rosemary "Rose" Candy (née Hobor) in 1979 The couple welcomed two children before his 1994 death His life is the ...