John Franklin Candy

 John Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950 – March 4, 1994)

He rose to fame as a member of the Toronto branch of The Second City and its related Second City Television series, and from appearances in films such as Stripes, Splash, Cool Runnings, The Great Outdoors, Spaceballs, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, as well as Uncle Buck. In 1994, while filming Wagons East! on location in Durango, Mexico, Candy called his friends, including Canadian Football League commissioner Larry Smith, and told them that he had just let go of his team and was putting it up for sale. He then called his assistant, who invited him to play golf with him in the spring when he came back to Toronto. After cooking a late lasagna dinner for his assistants, Candy called his co-stars from his hotel, then went to sleep. Some time after midnight, on March 4, 1994, Candy was found dead from a presumed heart attack; no autopsy was performed . His final two films, Wagons East! and Canadian Bacon, are dedicated to his memory. John Candy is interred at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, CA.