 In addition to his obesity — Candy tended to suffer attacks of binge eating in response to professional struggles and weighed in excess of 375 pounds at some points in his life — Candy had a number of risk factors for heart attack, including a strong family history (both his father and his brother had died prematurely of heart attacks, although his children say he was unaware of his genetic risk), smoking a pack a day of cigarettes, high alcohol use, and occasional use of cocaine.Candy was concerned about his weight, frequently dieting and exercising with trainers in light of his family history.Candy also had a family history of heart attacks suffered by relatively young men, and the actor was under a significant degree of stress throughout the making of the "Wagons East" feature film.