Wow...that's a shitty way to go out

It's sad when people pass away. It's really sad though when people pass away at a young age with so much promise ahead of them.

Today though, I want to take a look at some of Hollywood's worst "unexpected exits".

Raul Julia
I remember as a kid I enjoyed the Addams family movies. The pride of Puerto Rico enjoyed a storied career in film and television. He landed himself a golden globe, emmy and SAG Award for his role in "The Burning Season" in 1994.
Julia passed away as a result of a cancer related stroke in October of 1994. While Julia does have a solid resume as an actor his last film ever made was Street Fighter: The Movie where he played M.Bison.
I f'ing loved this movie because it was so bad it was good, plus when Van Damme (played Chuile) busted out the sonic boom kick in the final fight on M.Bison I just about shit my pants.
So I guess when Guile beat Bison...he beat him for good.....ziiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing.

Rob Pilatus (member of Milli Vanilli)
What can you really say about these guys at this point in time. I respect them for having the balls for going out there and actually lip synching and dancing like idiots knowlingly they weren't the actual singers.
It's funny because they had their grammy revoked as a result of the admission they don't actually sing, yet every time I see Britney Spears "perform" she doesn't do much singing either yet her grammy still stands...
Anyways as embarrassing as that was for Milli and Vanilli they never really got much of a shot at redemption. Pilatus was found dead at age 32 in a hotel room of an apparent drug overdose.

Dana Plato
Dana Plato's story can be seen as tragic by some. I think it's tragic because she was a young mother, but the circumstances leading up to it I don't find tragic.
Anyways, Plato was a star of the hit 80s tv show "Diff'rent Strokes". She had a string of bad luck after I guess, and ended up robbing a video store.
Desperate to get back into Hollywood she made a porno flick called "Different Strokes". Nice little play on words I suppose. Anyways, she passed away in her sleep in May of 1999. Some may say that having your last movie being of a pornographic nature is sad and wrong. I say it's amazing and right and I would play it during the memorial service.

John Candy
Oh man! John Candy is just an awesome dude. Well, was an awesome dude. Uncle Buck is a great movie for those guys who are about to become uncles, and even I get a bit misty when I still see Cool Runnings.
He kicked ass on SCTV and every time I puke I always am reminded of Spaceballs where he played Barfolemew Barf. But I don't throw up a lot anymore so those times are few and far between.
While Candy has a pretty solid lineup of kick ass movies, his last one was 'Wagons East'. He actually died on location filming this movie.I saw a bit of this and it was shit, and what's even worse is in the IMDB trivia about this movie it says:

John Candy did not want to make the film, but was contractually obligated to do so.

Ah nothing adds to the artistic element of the movie by forcing an actor to be in it.