Candy died in 1994 at age 43. Now, a new Amazon Prime documentary does a fine job of profiling a gifted entertainer who was also, by all accounts, a very sweet human being. This is FRESH AIR. John ...

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In the 1984 Ron Howard comedy “Splash,” Tom Hanks and John Candy play lovelorn Manhattan brothers—one tidy, one rascally—whose lives are upended when Hanks falls in love with a mermaid. On a recent ...

The documentary “John Candy: I Like Me” debuted Oct. 10 on Amazon Prime. It chronicles the life of the late actor/comedian who, despite his jovial public persona, struggled privately with mental ...

John Candy was renowned for his warmth and ability to make other people feel important, and it's on full display in the documentary “John Candy: I Like Me,” which debuted Oct. 10 on Amazon Prime. It ...

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, ...