John Candy

Died at 75

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John Franklin Candy (October 30, 1950 – March 4, 1994) was a Canadian actor and comedian. He rose to fame as a member of the Toronto, Ontario branch of The Second City, its related Second City Television series, and in his role in comedy films such as Stripes, Splash, Cool Runnings, The Great Outdoors, and Uncle Buck. One of his most renowned onscreen performances was that of Del Griffith, the loquacious, on the move, shower curtain ring salesman in the John Hughes comedy Planes, Trains and Automobiles.

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John Candy

Cookie Salesman

for Cookie Salesman in Attack of the Cookie Monster (1987)

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Attack of the Cookie Monster (1987)

After a huge eating disaster occurs in the Sesame Street bake-off, Cookie Monster gets himself a time-out from eating cookies and is forced to go on a diet, which is no fun for him. He then stumbles upon a rare and strange cookie meteorite that fell from outer space. It tastes so perfect, Cookie Monster becomes so obsessed with finding the space rock, it radiates him into a giant blue monster gobbling up the city of New York! Big Bird, Ernie and Bert, Grover, and the whole Sesame Street gang must work together and snap Cookie Monster out of his monstrous rampaging hunger!

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John Candy

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Attack of the Cookie Monster (1987)

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