John Candy was a famous actor and comedian from Canada. He was in many popular movies like “Stripes,” “Cool Runnings,” “Splash,” “Summer Rental,” “Spaceballs,” “The Great Outdoors,” and “Uncle Buck.” He also acted in other films such as “JFK,” “Only the Lonely,” “Home Alone,” “Who’s Harry Crumb?,” “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles,” “Little Shop of Horrors,” “Armed and Dangerous,” “Vacation,” and “The Blues Brothers.”
He won two big awards in 1982 and 1983 for his excellent writing on a show called SCTV Network 90. John Candy has been honored in Canada with a star on the Walk of Fame and even had his picture on a postage stamp.
Who is John Candy Wife?
Candy married Rosemarry in 1979. They had two kids: Jennifer in 1980 and Chris in 1984. Candy often felt anxious and had panic attacks. He was also overweight because he would eat a lot when stressed. Smoking, drinking, and his family’s history of heart problems also made his health worse.
John Candy with his wife Rosemary Margaret Hobor, 1977. pic.twitter.com/ppiUc7ezi5
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John Candy Career
Candy started acting with small parts on TV shows like “Cucumber,” “The ABC Afternoon Playbreak,” and “Dr. Zonk and the Zunkins.” He got more famous in the 1970s with a comedy group in Toronto and their TV show, where he played funny characters like Johnny LaRue and Doctor Tongue. The show did really well, especially after NBC picked it up in 1981, and won two Emmys for writing.
He took a break to act in movies, with small roles in “Lost and Found” and as a soldier in “1941” by Steven Spielberg. Then he went back to Canada and acted in “The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog” and “Double Negative.”
In 1980, Candy was in “The Blues Brothers” as a parole officer and in “Stripes” as an Army recruit, which was a big hit. He also did voices for an animated movie called “Heavy Metal” that year.
John Candy Death
John Candy, a famous actor, passed away from a heart attack on March 4, 1994, when he was 43 years old. He was working on a movie called “Wagons East” at the time. His funeral took place at a church in Los Angeles, and he was buried in Culver City.
The comedy group he used to be part of, Second City, held a special event in his memory that was shown all over Canada. At the time he died, he had more than $15 million.
John Candy died at the height of his success at the age of 43. He had a net worth of $15 million at the time of his death in 1994. pic.twitter.com/OWazRYO8Ap
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Canada honored him by putting his name on the Canada’s Walk of Fame in 1998 and making a postage stamp with his picture on it in 2006.
In 2020, the mayor of Toronto declared October 30 as “John Candy Day” to celebrate what would have been his 70th birthday.
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