Death of John Candy

John Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950 – March 4, 1994) was a Canadian actor and comedian. Candy rose to fame in the 1970s with the Canadian comedy troupe Second City and its TV series SCTV, and starring in comedy films throughout the 1980s and 1990s, including Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Stripes, Splash, National Lampoon's Vacation, Cool Runnings, The Great Outdoors, Spaceballs, and Uncle Buck, as well as more dramatic roles in Only the Lonely and JFK.

On March 4, 1994, John Candy suffered a fatal heart attack. At the time of his death, Candy was filming the movie Wagons East. Canadian Bacon, which he also starred in, was completed before Wagons East and was released in 1995.