John Candy, 44, actor, heart attack

John Candy was a Canadian comedian and actor. Candy rose to fame as a member of the Toronto branch of The Second City, often playing lovable losers and characters with bad luck but big hearts. His television and film roles were mostly comedic, such as his memorable characters in Stripes, The Blues Brothers, Uncle Buck, and Planes, Trains & Automobiles, but he also played serious characters in films like JFK and Cool Runnings. Candy died of a massive heart attack in 1994. Candy died of a massive heart attack during location filming in Durango, Mexico, for the western comedy film Wagons East. Doctors found that Candy's fatal heart attack had been the result of a complete blockage of one of his coronary arteries.