Jarumi Amurka, Tony Todd, wanda aka fi sani da rawar da ya taka a jerin fina-finan horror ‘Candyman’, ya mutu ranar Juma’a da safiyar yau. Ya kuwa shekara 69.
Shugaban kamfanin masana’antar fim din da Tony Todd ke karkashinsa, Defining Artists, Dede Binder, ta tabbatar da rasuwar sa ga NBC News. A cewar ta, “Ba zan iya kaucewa ba, mun tabbatar da labarin rasuwar dan adam namiji, Tony Todd”.
Tony Todd ya rasu a gida sa da ke Marina del Rey a Los Angeles, amma dalilin rasuwarsa har yanzu ba a bayyana.
Tony Todd ya taka rawar gani a fina-finan da dama, ciki har da ‘Night of the Living Dead‘, ‘Lean on Me‘, ‘The Crow‘, ‘Platoon‘ da ‘The Secret‘. Ya kuma fito a fina-finan ‘Silence‘ (2002) da ‘Final Destination‘ (2003).
Virginia Madsen, wacce ta taka rawa tare da Tony Todd a fina-finan ‘Candyman’ na shekarar 1992, ta bayyana jajircewarta game da rasuwarsa ta hanyar shirin video da ta wallafa a Instagram. Ta ce Tony Todd ya zama mala’ika kamar yadda yake a rayuwarsa.
Tony Todd ya shahara sosai saboda rawar da ya taka a jerin fina-finan ‘Candyman’, inda ya fito a fina-finan ‘Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh’ (1995), ‘Candyman 3: Day of the Dead’ (1999) da ‘Candyman’ (2021).