You can read here all the details on John Candy death. The Canadian-born actor and comedian John Franklin Candy was born on October 31, 1950 and he was best known for his roles in American films. Candy gained notoriety in the 1980s and 1990s for his roles as Chester “Chet” Ripley in She’s Having a Baby and The Great Outdoors as well as his dramatic roles in Only the Lonely and JFK. He began his career in the 1970s as a member of the Toronto branch of the Second City and its SCTV series. His role as Del Griffith, the amiable shower-curtain-ring-selling salesman in the John Hughes comedy film Planes, Trains and Automobiles is widely considered one of his most memorable onscreen turns.
In addition to his acting career, Candy was also a co-owner of the Canadian Football League and won the Grey Cup in 1991 while he was involved with the team. In 1994, at the age of 43 Candy passed away. His final two movie roles, in Wagons East and Canadian Bacon, are memorials to him. Read here for all the details regarding John Candy’s death.
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John Candy Death
On March 4, 1994, while filming Wagons East, Candy passed away from a heart attack according to the reports. To put it another way, he was a ripe-old 43. At his heaviest, he weighed more than 300 pounds (140 kg) and he had a history of binge eating in response to professional difficulties. Candy smoked a pack of cigarettes a day was overweight, drank heavily and used cocaine all of which increased his risk of a heart attack.
He also had a strong family history of the condition his father had died prematurely of a heart attack although his children say he was unaware of his genetic risk. It bothered Candy that he was getting too fat. Once, he had to shed 100 pounds in a single summer for a role opposite Steve Martin in a movie. His family history prompted him to engage in regular dieting and training with personal trainers.
John Candy Early Life
Candy was born in Toronto on October 31st, 1950 and spent her childhood there before moving to Newmarket. Candy was born into a working-class Catholic family to parents Sidney James Candy and Evangeline. According to ancestry records, Candy’s mother was born in Poland. John was only five years old when his father, who had heart disease, died in 1955.
When Candy was a student at Neil McNeil Catholic High School he suited up for the football team as an Offensive Tackle. After suffering a knee injury during his high school football career, Candy abandoned his dream of becoming a professional football player. After graduating from McMaster, he attended Centennial College for a journalism degree. In college, he decided to pursue acting.
John Candy Career
In the 1971 opening season of Toronto’s Tarragon Theatre, John Candy played a minor role as a Shriner in Creeps by David E. Freeman, a new Canadian play about cerebral palsy. Candy made an uncredited cameo in Class of 44 and appeared in an episode of Cucumber, a Canadian children’s television series. He appeared in an episode of The ABC Afternoon Playbreak called “Last Bride of Salem” and recurred on Dr. Zonk and the Zunkins.
In the 1975 episode “Web of Guilt” of the Canadian television series Police Surgeon, he played the role of Richie, a man who had been accused of murder. Both the Canadian feature film It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time and the American television series Coming Up Rosie which he co-starred in with Dan Aykroyd. Candy made a guest appearance on the short-lived 1976 television talk show 90 Minutes Live hosted by Peter Gzowski.
Candy appeared as a bank employee in the Canadian suspense film The Silent Partner, costarring Christopher Plummer and Elliott Gould. In 1972, Candy joined The Second City in Toronto. Through his work with the company and his subsequent appearance on the groundbreaking Canadian variety show Second City Television, he became a household name across much of North America. The show was picked up by NBC in 1981 and became an instant hit with viewers.
Candy took a brief break from SCTV in 1979 to focus on his film career making appearances in both Lost and Found and Steven Spielberg‘s blockbuster comedy 1941 as minor characters. After working in the U.S. he went back to Canada to star in films like The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog and the action thriller Double Negative. Aykroyd’s The Blues Brothers featured him as a laid-back parole officer named Burton Mercer and he also appeared in an episode of Tales of the Klondike for Canadian television.
Candy’s interpretation of the title character in the “Den” segment of the animated film Heavy Metal was praised by many including the character’s creator, Richard Corben for being particularly humorous and lighthearted. In the popular romantic comedy Splash, Candy played Tom Hanks‘ womanizing brother. This was widely regarded as his breakthrough role. He had signed a three-picture development and producing deal with Walt Disney Pictures after the film’s success and was set to develop and executive produce a number of theatricals that would serve as planned star vehicles for himself.
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What are the unfinished projects of John Candy?
The film adaptation of John Kennedy Toole’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel A Confederacy of Dunces in which Candy was set to play Ignatius J. Reilly was ultimately scrapped. Both Atuk from Mordecai Richler’s The Incomparable Atuk and Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle from a biopic on the life of the silent film comedian had previously attracted his attention. Since Candy, John Belushi, Sam Kinison and Chris Farley were all attached to all three projects before their untimely deaths, it has been said that these films are cursed.
Candy was considered for the role of Alec Guinness in Carl Reiner’s reimagining of the 1950 film Last Holiday. Queen Latifah eventually took on the part in a somewhat reworked 2006 film. It was planned for Candy to work with John Hughes once more in the comedy Bartholomew vs. Neff which would star Candy opposite Sylvester Stallone. It was planned that Candy and Stallone would play antagonistic next-door neighbors. The character of Redfeather the turkey created for him in the Disney animated film Pocahontas was removed from the film after his death.
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