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Candy Darling (c. 24 November 1944 – 21 March 1974) was a pre-operative transsexual Warhol superstar who starred in Andy Warhol's films Flesh (1968) and Women in Revolt (1971).
Candy Darling was born James Lawrence Slattery in Forest Hills, New York, son of Theresa Phelan, a bookkeeper at Manhattan's Jockey Club, and James (Jim) Slattery, who was described as a violent alcoholic.