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<text id=94TT0277>
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Mar. 14, 1994: Died:John Franklin Candy
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1994
Mar. 14, 1994 How Man Began
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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MILESTONES, Page 26
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<p> DIED. JOHN FRANKLIN CANDY, 43, comic actor; of a heart attack;
on a movie location in Durango, Mexico. The deftest oversize
comedian since Jackie Gleason, the Toronto-born star shared
his predecessor's gift for both broad, punchy sketches and more
subtle and sustained comedy of character. Candy, who began his
career with the Second City improvisational troupes in Toronto
and Chicago, first received wide attention as a co-star of SCTV,
a satirical comedy show that ran in syndication and on NBC between
1977 and 1983. There he created such memorable characters as
the oily TV personality Johnny La Rue and Yosh Shmenge, pink-cheeked
leader of the polka-playing Shmenge Brothers. His success led
directly to such movie roles as Tom Hanks' engagingly gross
brother in Splash (1984). Later film work included the boorish
title character in Uncle Buck (1989), Steve Martin's inescapable
traveling companion in Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
and coach of the Jamaican bobsled team in last year's sleeper
hit Cool Runnings.
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