Just over 30 years ago, Hollywood lost one of its most fearsome comedic forces when John Candy died at the age of just 43. His death provoked an outpouring of mourning in the acting world, and now, a ...

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, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. If there’s a scene that best encapsulates the tragically abbreviated career of John Candy, it’s not necessarily ...

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 ...