John Candy’s Son Recounts the Moment He Learned His Dad Died

Chris Candy, son of legendary actor and comedian John Candy, was 8 years old when the school pastor stepped into his classroom. Having recently sung a “Weird Al” Yankovic song in the school’s talent show, he thought Father Donnie was going to compliment him on his performance. Instead, he “walked with me and my sister down to the rectory,” Candy recounts in an essay for the Toronto Star to coincide with the premiere of a new documentary, John Candy: I Like Me. “We saw our dad’s assistant, Bob Crane, sobbing. We turned the corner into the priest’s office, and my mom was there. She told us that our dad had died.” Chris served as an executive producer alongside his sister Jennifer on the new documentary, which “cracks open” the impact that losing his own father had on a young John Candy. “It