Scientific Name: Class Holothuroidea. Description: Sea cucumbers are part of a larger animal group called Echinodermata, which also contains starfish and sea urchins. Their body shape is similar to a cucumber, but they have small tentacle-like tube feet that are used for locomotion and feeding.
John Candy, Comedic Film Star, Is Dead of a Heart Attack at 43. John Candy, the outsized comedian who brought a manic bonhomie to his starring roles in some of Hollywood's most successful comedies, including Splash, Uncle Buck and Cool Runnings, died yesterday in Mexico where he was acting in a movie. He was 43 and lived in Los Angeles.
In the final years of his life, Farley had sought treatment for obesity and drug abuse on 17 occasions. On December 18, 1997, he was found dead by his younger brother, John, in his apartment in the John Hancock Center in Chicago. An autopsy later revealed that Farley had died of a cocaine and morphine overdose early that morning.