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John Candy

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Oh Lord, John Candy passed away on this date 15 years ago at the age of 43. He left us far too soon. R.I.P.
 
"Here's a quarter. Go downtown, and have a rat gnaw that thing off your face."


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It's not that you've had too much to drink, it's that you don't weigh enough......

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I was watching Canadian Bacon a couple of days ago, I find it hard to believe it was 15 years ago, time passes so quick.
 
A legend in his own time...:)
 
The thing about Candy was he was a great actor, as well as a great physical comedian, and just a great guy.

Check out his performance in JFK, or his heart warming performance in "Only the Lonely".

At least it was quick...heart attack, in his sleep, probably brought on by untreated sleep apnea.
 
The Cunning Linguist said:
At least it was quick...heart attack, in his sleep, probably brought on by untreated sleep apnea.
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I had heard that males in his family tree did not live long lives. Wonder if his size contributed to a premature death.
 
It wasn't unexpected.
His father died of a heart attack at 35. John believed he wouldn't live to an old age either with his legendary appetite and hard living.
That idea is probably why he lived so fully.
 
Bury the junkie
 
papasmerf said:
as soon as I posted I realized I was in error.
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Well, if you want to clean things up by deleting your posts, I'll delete mine as well.

jwm
 
Brill said:
His father died of a heart attack at 35. John believed he wouldn't live to an old age either with his legendary appetite and hard living.
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Wonder if a proper diet and exercise would have prolonged his life? Or, is it all in the genes?
 
It was very enjoyable to watch his movies. He usually played a part that seemed to reflect his real personality. Like in Home Alone, you could just picture him actually doing that in real life. Guess he was interested in the sports world as well. Remember him and Wayne Gretzky and Bruce Mcall bought the Argos amid much fanfare, but that obviously didn't work out very well.
One in a long line of many great Canadin actors/comedians. RIP big guy.
 
BottomsUp said:
Remember him and Wayne Gretzky and Bruce Mcall bought the Argos amid much fanfare,
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So sad, John is gone and Bruce McNall is in jail. Hope Wayne is ok. Reminds me of a photo of O.J. Simpson, Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan. O.J. is in jail, Magic contracted HIV and Michael's father was later murdered. Fate is fickle. One never knows.
 
I'm surprised that no one's mentioned SCTV. I think that was when he was really at his best but I wonder how well those sketches stand up today. As far as movies go, I really liked him in Spaceballs.

jwm
 
jwmorrice said:
As far as movies go, I really liked him in Spaceballs.
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Does anybody have a complete list of his movies? I love that movie (whose name escapes me) with Ally Sheedy.
 
jwmorrice said:
I'm surprised that no one's mentioned SCTV. I think that was when he was really at his best but I wonder how well those sketches stand up today. As far as movies go, I really liked him in Spaceballs.

jwm
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Dr. Tong anyone??????



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Rockslinger said:
Wonder if a proper diet and exercise would have prolonged his life? Or, is it all in the genes?
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I believe he was a pretty steady smoker too which hurt his odds.

I caught a few minutes of an interview on CBC by George Strombopoluos with Eugene Levy and he clearly missed Candy all these years later.
 
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