Just over 30 years ago, Hollywood lost one of its most fearsome comedic forces when John Candy died at the age of just 43. His death provoked an outpouring of mourning in the acting world, and now, a ...

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, ...

TORONTO – Most kids don’t get to go to work with their dad and hang out with John Candy. Colin Hanks was lucky in that regard. As a 5-year-old visiting his father, Tom Hanks, on the set of the 1984 ...

At the start of Colin Hanks' sweet and deeply moving documentaryJohn Candy: I Like Me, Bill Murray jokingly tells the off-screen director that he hopes he'll be able to find someone to say something ...