John Candy’s two children both posted tributes to the late actor on the 30th anniversary of his death on March 4.
Jennifer Candy-Sullivan posted a throwback photo of herself with her father and younger brother, Chris, to her Instagram page.
“30 years ago today … feels like both a lifetime with and without you,” Jennifer, 44, shared in the caption. “Miss you and love you always #johncandy.”
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Candy’s 39-year-old son, Chris, also posted an image of the famous comedic actor. In his post, the “Uncle Buck” star is wearing a Hawaiian-print shirt and smiling on a sunny day.
“All my love to my father today. #johncandy,” Chris wrote in the image caption.
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Candy was a native Canadian who began his career in the 1970s as a member of the Toronto branch of the Second City and its SCTV sketch comedy series. He gained international fame working on film projects, including “Stripes,” “Splash,” “Brewster’s Millions,” “Planes, Trains and Automobiles,” “Spaceballs,” “The Great Outdoors,” “Uncle Buck,” and “Cool Runnings.”
The actor also appeared in popular comedies “The Blues Brothers,” “National Lampoon’s Vacation,” “Little Shop of Horrors,” and “Home Alone.” He was in dramas including “Only the Lonely” and “JFK.”
Candy died of cardiac arrest on March 4, 1994, at age 43.
Besides his family, several actors spoke out on Monday to commemorate Candy’s career and legacy.
“Home Alone” actress Catherine O’Hara said her co-star was just as good a person in real life as people speculated he was.
“It’s so nice to be able to not have to make up any bull, because people loved him,” she told the outlet. “And when people ask, ‘What was he like?’ they want to hear what they think he’d be like. And it’s so lovely to be able to validate their guesses.”
“John’s comedy lives on, but my memory of him has the words ‘kindness’ and ‘sweetness’ in the headlines,” Steve Martin, who starred opposite Candy in “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles,” told People of his late colleague.
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Jon Turteltaub, who directed Candy in the sports comedy “Cool Runnings,” expressed a similar sentiment.
“When you were with John, he did something very few brilliantly funny and famous people do: He laughed at other people’s jokes,” he said. “That’s actually a big deal. He made people feel welcome. He made people feel wanted.”