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Tony Todd, ‘Candyman’ and ‘Final Destination’ Actor, Dead at 69


Tony Todd, the prolific actor who brought an evil presence to the horror franchises 'Candyman' and 'Final Destination,' has died at the age of 69.

Over a career that spanned five decades, Todd accrued hundreds of on-screen and voice-acting credits, beginning with a role in the 1986 Vietnam War classic Platoon. Virginia Madsen, who starred alongside Todd in Candyman, wrote on social media Friday following news of the actor’s death, “A truly poetic man. On the big screen, Todd also appeared in Lean on Me, The Crow, the Alcatraz-set action film The Rock, the slasher flick Hatchet, and the cult crime drama Sushi Girl.

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