6. Wagons East!
John Candy was a Canadian actor and comedian who became really popular in the 1980s, and who was considered to be one of the funniest people of that era, as evidenced by the fact he starred in comedies such as Uncle Buck, Planes, Trains and Automobiles and Spaceballs. In 1994, Candy was shooting a western comedy film called Wagons East!, where he played the leading role, and while filming in Mexico, he suffered a massive heart attack which claimed his life just a few days before shooting was supposed to wrap up. The crew was stunned by Candy’s sudden passing, especially since earlier that same night, he had treated them all to dinner, and the movie itself had to undergo rewrites and bring in a stand-in for Candy’s part. Some believed that Wagons East! was Candy’s best role, but the movie itself turned out to be critically panned and a box office bomb.
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