One reason is the release of the book "The Chris Farley Show. A Biography in Three Acts" by his older brother Tom Farley Junior and Tanner Colby.

Another is the opening of a Wisconsin Historical Museum exhibit titled, "Chris Farley Remembered," which exhibit runs through November 15th.

The book details Chris Farley's upbringing in Madison, and his years at Marquette University, among other things.

Farley died from a combination of cocaine and heroin at 33 years old. He was found in a Chicago apartment on December 18th, 1997.

The book recounts Farley saying he wanted to be like former Saturday Night Live star John Belushi, who died of an overdose of cocaine and heroin in 1982. Farley said Belushi's drug abuse might have scared some people from drugs, but not him.

But Tom Farley says his brother had a softer side few saw. He was a dedicated churchgoer who entertained terminally ill children. He would give $100 and a ride to a homeless woman or help seniors through his church in New York.