The comedian often spoke of being doomed to the same fate of his father, who died at 35. What he and my father felt wasn't ...

John Candy has been remembered for his kindness and generosity since his death. Hanks opened up to PEOPLE in September 2024 about the documentary and what made Candy “special.” “He just really made ...

John Candy's time at the top didn't last all that long - he unexpectedly died in 1994. His surprisingly early death was one ...

“It’s a documentary on his life, not his death," Ryan Reynolds tells PEOPLE in this week's issue. "It’s kind of an ode to joy” After his death in 1994, John Candy’s family and closest friends — among ...

Fans remember him as Del Griffith or Uncle Buck, but John Candy’s children remember him simply as dad. Decades after his death, Chris Candy and Jennifer Candy-Sullivan say they see their father’s ...

If there’s a scene that best encapsulates the tragically abbreviated career of John Candy, it’s not necessarily from his time on the sketch-comedy series “SCTV” or from movies like “Stripes” or “Uncle ...

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.

Many of Candy’s most popular and famous characters have a charm that makes the viewer feel like he’s your own father. “I think he kind of was recreating the relationship that he might not have had ...