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David Canary
David Canary played the recurring role of ranch foreman Candy Canady on the "Bonanza" TV series.
Biographical information
Full Name:	See below:
Birthname	David Hoyt Canary
Occupation:	Actor
Years active:	1965-2013
Gender:	Male
Race/Ethnicity:
Born:	August 25, 1938
Birthplace:	Elwood, Indiana, U.S.
Died:	November 16, 2015(2015-11-16) (aged 77)
Place of Death:	Wilton, Connecticut, U.S. (natural causes)
Personal
Family/Relatives:	Son Chris and daughter Kate
Spouse(s):	Julie M. Anderson (1965-1971, divorced, 2 children) Maureen Maloney (1982–2015, his death)
Profile
Series:	Bonanza (TV Series)
No. of appearances:	91 episodes in series
First Appeared in:	"Sense of Duty" (Season 9)
Last Episode Appearance:	"The Hunter" (Season 14, series finale)
Character played:	Candy Canaday

David Hoyt Canary (born August 25, 1938 - died November 16, 2015) is an American actor, who starred in both soap operas and prime time television. He is best known for his roles as the ranch foreman Candy Canaday on Bonanza (a role he played from 1967–1970; 1972–1973) and identical twins Adam Chandler from 1983 to 2010 and Stuart Chandler rom

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Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021.

I’ve never watched an episode of All My Children, the ABC soap opera whose historic 41-year run ended in 2011, but I could tell you all about it.

The show was cheap evil in an era of daytime good and, at one point, was one of the most widely watched shows on television. I can vouch for its popularity and cultural imprint because I (coincidentally) share my name with one of its lead characters, Adam Chandler, who for decades was the manipulative and powerful patriarch of the Chandler clan in the fictional town of Pine Valley, Pennsylvania. On Tuesday, it was reported that David Canary, the actor who played Chandler on the show for 28 years, passed away at 77.

As Adam Chandler, Canary hatched endless machinations and razed the defenses of countless women. And, over the years, I met fan after fan of the show in encounters that I could never quite anticipate. At a party or buying groceries or going through a TSA checkpoint, a conversation about Adam Chandler always started with a guilty titter. Did you know...that you have the same name…?

Of course I did. And so, I would be empaneled in a master course on Adam Chandler, the profligate cheater,