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Tony Todd best known as titular demon in Candyman
The Straits Times
|November 11, 2024
LOS ANGELES - Tony Todd (right), a prolific American actor whose more than 100 film and television credits included Candyman (1992 to 2021) and Final Destination (2000 to present), died at his home in Los Angeles on Nov 6. He was 69.
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Mr. Jeffrey Goldberg, Todd's manager, announced the death in a statement on Nov 9. He did not specify the cause.
Todd's decades-long acting career spanned genres and mediums. He starred or had prominent roles in several films, including the 1990 remake of horror flick Night Of The Living Dead and American director Oliver Stone's Oscar-winning Vietnam War movie Platoon (1986).
His TV credits included Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987 to 1994), The X-Files (1993 to 2018) and 24 (2001 to 2014). He also lent his rich voice to animation and video games.
He was perhaps best known for his role as the titular demon in the 1992 movie Candyman.
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