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My aunt was neighbour and good friends of the Candys north of Toronto.

I've met John's kids and widow and my cousin's wedding.

I found out only years later that John was going to make a surprise appearance at my birthday party when he was in Calgary shooting Cool Runnings, but filming overran and he couldn't make it.

How cool would it have been to have Uncle Buck turn up at your birthday party as a kid?

Even though I never met him, he was so kind and generous that my aunt would send stuff out west that she got from him to share with our family. I still have the Argos bomber jacket he donated, and, when I was really young, I got an Armed and Dangerous frisbee lol.