Chris ultimately ended up following in his dad's footsteps anyway Shawn Goldberg/WireImage; Harry Langdon/Getty Chris Candy opened up about why he was "scared" to follow his father John Candy's ...

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 ...

“That’s the problem when you talk about John,” says Bill Murray in the opening of John Candy: I Like Me, “people don’t really have a lot of negative things to say about him.” One of the worst pop ...

John Candy was one of Hollywood’s most beloved comedic actors, stealing scenes in classics like Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Uncle Buck, and Cool Runnings. With his larger-than-life presence and ...

Paul Myers was touring Canada as the frontman of the alt-rock band The Gravelberrys when he heard the news about John Candy. It was March 1994, and the band had landed in Whistler, B.C. for a few days ...

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, ...

Chris also reflected on experiencing his dad's fame as a kid and how his parents helped him stay grounded Chris Candy loved and admired his dad, John Candy — but that didn’t mean he wanted to follow ...