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Remembering John Candy: Comedy Legend's 75th Birthday Tribute

10/18/2025

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John Candy, the Canadian comedian, would have celebrated his 75th birthday this Halloween.
He died at 43 in 1994, leaving a legacy from SCTV and Home Alone and Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
Paul Myers, the biographer, writes John Candy: A Life in Comedy, offering a portrait of his humor, kindness, and anxiety and self-doubt.
The documentary John Candy: I Like Me presents tributes from people who knew him well.

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John Candy, the Canadian comedian, would have celebrated his 75th birthday this Halloween.
He died at 43 in 1994, leaving a legacy from SCTV and Home Alone and Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
Paul Myers, the biographer, writes John Candy: A Life in Comedy, offering a portrait of his humor, kindness, and anxiety and self-doubt.
The documentary John Candy: I Like Me presents tributes from people who knew him well.