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.
Musician John Denver Dies in Experimental Plane Crash. PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. John Denver, the earnest country boy who soared to fame in the 1970s with sunny, folksy, just-this-side-of-corny songs like Rocky Mountain High, died when an experimental plane he recently purchased crashed into Monterey Bay during a test flight. He was 53.