RIP Tony Todd

*Autbot_Benz* · 11-08-2024, 08:34 PM

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Tony Todd, an actor who played the killer in Candyman and its 2021 sequel and appeared in the Final Destination franchise and Platoon among more than 240 film and TV credits spanning 40 years, died November 6 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 69.

His reps confirmed the news to Deadline but did not provide a cause of death.

https://deadline.com/2024/11/tony-to...an-1236171521/

*Andrew NDB* · 11-08-2024, 08:51 PM

Damn! That's awful.

*triplexxx* · 11-08-2024, 09:51 PM

I saw him last year at the San Francisco Fan Expo, he seemed very nice and humorous. I joked with him and another fan about that Elton John line in The Rock, kind of ironic, meeting him in the same city where those VX poison gas rockets were aimed at in that flick. He and Carl Weathers, two guys I met last year, now departed this year. May they rest well.

tmntpower1988 · 11-08-2024, 11:45 PM

Not another legend

I loved Candyman, I remember seeing him in some shows too. RIP Tony

member_removed · 11-09-2024, 12:01 AM

Alert the honoured dead. A new Warrior has entered Sto'Vo'Kor!

*IMJ* · 11-09-2024, 10:12 AM

Definitely a legend - showed up in so much great stuff that I loved growing up. And man, what a character he wove together for the Crow.

~~ResidentEvil7~~ · 11-09-2024, 10:22 AM

This sucks, because they were planning another Final Destination movie with him in it.

Mad Dog McMutt · 11-09-2024, 12:27 PM

He did an amazing job in the Candyman movies. He even got stung in his mouth by bees in that role. Candyman 4 was absolutely terrible so it appears as though that franchise was dead before Tony Todd was.

11-08-2024, 08:51 PM	#2
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11-08-2024, 09:51 PM	#3
triplexxx Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,819	I saw him last year at the San Francisco Fan Expo, he seemed very nice and humorous. I joked with him and another fan about that Elton John line in The Rock, kind of ironic, meeting him in the same city where those VX poison gas rockets were aimed at in that flick. He and Carl Weathers, two guys I met last year, now departed this year. May they rest well. Last edited by triplexxx; 11-09-2024 at 07:54 PM.

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11-09-2024, 10:12 AM	#6
IMJ Emperor Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Midwest, U.S.A. Posts: 8,899	Definitely a legend - showed up in so much great stuff that I loved growing up. And man, what a character he wove together for the Crow. __________________ Wave 1 Collectibles Online Market Watch Blog Collection Photography

11-08-2024, 11:45 PM	#4
tmntpower1988 Stone Warrior Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Ireland Posts: 793	Not another legend I loved Candyman, I remember seeing him in some shows too. RIP Tony

11-09-2024, 10:22 AM	#7
~~ResidentEvil7~~ Banned Join Date: Nov 2023 Location: Suburban Chicago, IL Posts: 629	This sucks, because they were planning another Final Destination movie with him in it.

11-09-2024, 12:27 PM	#8
Mad Dog McMutt Stone Warrior Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: St. Louis, Missouri Posts: 707	He did an amazing job in the Candyman movies. He even got stung in his mouth by bees in that role. Candyman 4 was absolutely terrible so it appears as though that franchise was dead before Tony Todd was.