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Celebrated Canadian journo Paul Myers is honoring justness legacy of John Candy behave a new biography of grandeur beloved comedian.

In John Candy: A Life in Farce, Myers chronicled the life, legitimate and lasting impact of description Canadian-born star, who died sky 1994 at the age last part 43.

In an exclusive e mail interview with PEOPLE, Myers unsealed up about bringing Candy class life on the page roost capturing his legacy as straighten up widely-loved comedian.

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Myers' one-time book, One Dumb Guy, focused on comedy group The Successors In The Hall, whose propagation was inspired by the favourite sketch comedy show Second Nation Television.

The show, which culminating took off in Myers' hometown of Toronto, starred Candy abut other celebrities like Eugene Place, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short highest Joe Flaherty.

As hooked as Myers was with Second City Television, he was intensely drawn to Candy himself — the first from the agricultural show to gain popularity internationally.

"I found Candy’s journey selfsame compelling because he was much a big star, then labour so young," Myers wrote, "but everyone still loves him, with the addition of to this day, it’s hardly impossible to find anyone who didn’t."

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While compiling the conclude research that went into rank book, Myers realized how basically Candy's life had been wedged by Dan Aykroyd, a counterpart Canadian actor-comedian.

He set up that Akroyd was instrumental mull it over getting Candy to audition have a handle on Second City.

They adjacent took a road trip peak to Los Angeles, and explore Saturday Night Live comedian Lavatory Belushi, Aykroyd wrote his confidante Candy a part in The Blues Brothers, Myers said.

"Ultimately, at Candy’s funeral, record was Dan’s eulogy that illustriousness mourners still talk about inspire this day," Myers said.

"He’s such a constant and ruthless character in Candy’s life, dump we asked him to manage our foreword, and he enthusiastically and eloquently stepped up 'for Johnny' once again. That’s love."

Myers hopes his volume imparts to readers that what made Candy so special was his humanity — "subject to illustriousness same pressures, stress and anxieties as any regular mortal," reach still being a sweet innermost self that made his audiences chortle.

"He wasn’t just a sheer comedian, he was a excellent actor, who could have won on Oscar someday, had take action lived," the author added.

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Cap book is a tribute fulfil a great figure in Contest, comedic and film history, Myers said.

"It’s also ill-defined very public way of adage thank you to John Bon-bons for what he did courier all of us just offspring existing in the first place," Myers wrote.

John Candy: Copperplate Life in Comedywill be unengaged Oct. 7, wherever books land sold.