Candy Darling (born James Lawrence Slattery) was an American actress and transgender woman who became one of Andy Warhol's most celebrated superstars. Famous for her platinum-blonde glamour and old-Hollywood affect, she appeared in Warhol films and was immortalized in Lou Reed's Walk on the Wild Side. She died of lymphoma at 29.
A pioneer of transgender visibility in mainstream American culture; her presence in Warhol's Factory and in rock music expanded cultural space for gender nonconformity before the category existed in mainstream discourse.
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