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.
Layne Staley Died From Mix Of Heroin, Cocaine, Report Says. Autopsy, toxicology reports determine Alice in Chains frontman died April 5, two weeks before his body was found. Alice in Chains' Layne Staley died from a mixture of heroin and cocaine, an autopsy and toxicology report revealed Monday. Laboratory results determined the singer died April 5, according to a spokesperson for the King County medical examiner's office, the same day fellow grunge pioneer Kurt Cobain committed suicide in 1994.