John Candy was headed down the road to disaster during his final months , working – and eating – himself to death, RadarOnline.com can report.

He'd just finished two movies in a row when he headed to Durango, Mexico, to film Wagons East, and hadn't been home to see his family in months. Article continues below advertisement

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Candy was just days away from wrapping up his work on the wild west comedy in the spring of 1994, when the grossly overweight comedian suffered a heart attack and passed away at the age of 43.

He had been home with his family only three weeks out of the last year, and turned to food to fill his lonely heart and stomach.

Those who were in the Mexican city with him at the time recalled the actor once eatin

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