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Candy was best known for playing the loveable oaf in a number of iconic films, including Uncle Buck, Cool Runnings, The Great Outdoors and Planes, Trains and Automobiles. During the shooting of the latter, Candy worked closely with Martin on creating a hilarious film that included an emotional sucker punch at the end. Writer and
Bill Murray's fist fight with Chevy Chase and claims 'go f*** your wife' jibe sparked feud Comedy heavyweights Bill Murray and Chevy Chase had to be pulled apart when violence erupted backstage at Saturday Night Live. Murray is said to have yelled "medium talent!" at Chase mid-brawl Sign up to FREE email alerts from Daily Star - Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice Classic golfing come...
The final scenes of the film see Martin’s character Neal realising Del’s (John Candy) wife has been dead for years, and he was simply trying to occupy himself by helping with Neal's plight. Martin and Candy famously got on extremely well during the filming of the movie, and began a strong friendship afterwards. Just seven years later, however, Candy died of a heart attack on March 4, 1994. In an excerpt from the book Wild and Crazy Guys: How the Comedy Mavericks of the ’80s Changed Hollywood Forever, author Nick de Semlyen looked into the backstory of Planes, Trains & Automobiles, and h...