I do love the guy and losing him was rough if you were a kid in the 80s when it happened. He was at the height of his career, hit after hit, and then one day he was just gone.

That said, his struggle with alcoholism was pretty severe. In his later movies he was usually drunk on camera but as a professional alcoholic he was excellent at hiding it.

If you're curious, Google his daughter. She looks exactly like him.

One random internet story:

Used to work with a guy who used to work on SCTV. He told me on his first day on the show he had no idea who anyone was and he was loading some gear onto a cart and was having trouble with some of the heavy stuff.

He saw a larger guy and assumed he was crew and asked him for help. The big guy came over and was helping load up the cart, then someone with a headset ran over and said, "Mr Candy, we we need you in makeup," to which the big guy replied, "I'll be there in a couple minutes, just helping the crew with this."

I do love the guy and losing him was rough if you were a kid in the 80s when it happened. He was at the height of his career, hit after hit, and then one day he was just gone.

That said, his struggle with alcoholism was pretty severe. In his later movies he was usually drunk on camera but as a professional alcoholic he was excellent at hiding it.

One random internet story:

Used to work with a guy who used to work on SCTV. He told me on his first day on the show he had no idea who anyone was and he was loading some gear onto a cart and was having trouble with some of the heavy stuff.

He saw a larger guy and assumed he was crew and asked him for help. The big guy came over and was helping load up the cart, then someone with a headset ran over and said, "Mr Candy, we we need you in makeup," to which the big guy replied, "I'll be there in a couple minutes, just helping the crew with this."