
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.

John Candy

Happy Hogan
for Happy Hogan in Iron Man: The Mandarin
Suggested by matthewfenner

In 1978, sixteen years after donning the armor that defined a generation, Tony Stark has become a symbol of innovation, arrogance, and burden. The billionaire inventor, once hailed as the face of modern heroism, now finds himself hollowed by years of violence, addiction, and moral decay. When whispers of a deadly new weapon surface from the East—a nerve toxin capable of wiping out millions—Stark’s past comes roaring back. The Mandarin, the warlord he believed long dead, has returned from the ashes of Asia’s underworld, intent on unleashing his vengeance upon New York City. As panic spreads and governments falter, Stark must confront not only the enemy abroad but the corrosion within his own soul. Haunted by nightmares of the lives his weapons destroyed and the empire he built on blood, Tony’s war becomes personal. His armor—once a symbol of salvation—has become a cage of guilt and rage. Pursuing The Mandarin across the neon-lit streets of Hong Kong to the storm-swept skyline of Manhattan, Stark faces an enemy who understands him better than anyone else: a man who believes the West’s greatest hero is its greatest disease. As the toxin’s release nears, Iron Man must decide what kind of legacy he’ll leave behind—one forged in greed and metal, or one redeemed in sacrifice and fire. In a world choking on progress and power, Tony Stark learns that the cost of being Iron Man may finally be his humanity.