From “A Final Farewell: A Personal Meeting with John Candy,” by Lyle, in the June/July issue of Big-Ad, a magazine “for full-framed men,” published in San Francisco.
Friday, March 4, 1994, the day John Candy died, will forever be a black day. For many of us, especially the community of large men, the death was a great shock. John Candy was an important man; through the many films he made he helped spread a positive image of large men. He showed us all that being fat shouldn’t stop you from living your life or fulfilling your dreams.
As…