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Tony Todd, Horror Veteran and Original Candyman, Dead at 69
He was also known for roles in the Night of the Living Dead remake, the Final Destination franchise, and more.
It gave me focus, direction and purpose.” He stuck around in the New England area as a young adult, refining his craft at the Eugene O’Neill National Actors Theatre Institute in Connecticut and Trinity Repertory Company in Rhode Island. Over the course of his decades-long career, he was credited in more than 240 movies and TV shows, including Platoon, the 1990 remake of Night of the Living Dead, The Crow, and the Star Trek and Final Destination franchises. But he was perhaps best known for playing Daniel Robitaille/Candyman in the 1992 film based on Clive Barker’s short story “The Forbidden,” which was the first in a trilogy of cult classics and led to a 2021 sequel from Nia DaCosta.
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