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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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