Actor Tony Todd at Bally's Las Vegas on December 9, 2018, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Mandatory Credit:	Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images via CNN Newsource

Actor Tony Todd at Bally's Las Vegas on December 9, 2018, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Mandatory Credit: Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images via CNN Newsource

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Tony Todd, veteran actor behind the ‘Candyman’ horror movie franchise and more, dies at 69

Tony Todd, the actor who played the eponymous phantom killer in the original “Candyman” horror franchise and other notable roles, has died at 69.