{"id":2113057,"date":"2026-08-26T16:40:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T13:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2113057"},"modified":"2026-08-26T16:40:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T13:40:27","slug":"tim-curry-of-the-rocky-horror-picture-show-dies-at-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2113057","title":{"rendered":"Tim Curry, of ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show,’ dies at 80"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tim Curry had a stroke around 10 years ago and suffered severe health issues ever since [FILE: August 2016]Image: Richard Shotwell\/Invision\/AP Photo\/picture alliance<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Actor Tim Curry died at the age of 80, Variety, TMZ and other celebrity news outlets reported on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A cause of death was not immediately given but Curry had been in poor health for some time following a severe stroke that left him confined to a wheelchair and wrote in his memoir “Vagabond” last year that he was still not able to walk.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Curry won Laurence Olivier and Tony Award nominations for his work on stage in the UK\u00a0and the US, as well delivering Emmy-winning TV performances later in his career.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Curry was another member of the class of 1946 to feature in ‘Home Alone 2,’ as was the current US President Donald TrumpImage: Everett Collection\/picture alliance<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Who was Tim Curry?<\/h2>\n

Curry was born in Cheshire into a Navy family in 1946 and spent his life bouncing around an array of different homes in the UK and even Hong Kong. He ultimately went to school in Bath, impressing as a soprano singer, and university in Birmingham.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He played in London musicals in the late 60s and early 70s seeking his big break, which came in a 1973\u00a0unusual musical ultimately destined to graduate to the silver screen.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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One review at the time referred to Dr. Frank-N-Furter as an ‘ambisextrous’ character in the cult musicalImage: Collection Christophel\/picture alliance<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Curry was given the role of the lingerie-clad sweet singing transvestite Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the cult classic film “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” in 1975. Despite the very German sounding name and initial rehearsals with a German and American accent, he ultimately played the mad scientist with an exaggerated upper class Belgravia accent, in what a Guardian<\/em> newspaper 1973 review\u00a0referred to as a “garishly Bowiesque performance as the ambisextrous doctor.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Curry played everyone’s least favorite clown \u2014 at least in Derry, Maine \u2014 Pennywise in 1990Image: United Archives\/Impress\/picture alliance<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He went on to play an array of other roles that involved elaborate costumes, unusual mannerisms, and often a fairly pronounced dark but also\u00a0comedic\u00a0side in his career.<\/p>\n

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Curry was able to cross threatening Kermit the Frog with an antique pistol off his bucket list in 1996Image: Everett Collection\/picture alliance<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

These included Gomez Addams in the “Addams Family Reunion” cinema reboot, Long John Silver in “Muppet Treasure Island,” the suspicious\u00a0Plaza Hotel concierge in “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York,” Pennywise the Clown in a miniseries based on Stephen King’s novel “It,” and even as the voice of Chancellor Palpatine in “Star Wars: The Clone Wars.”<\/p>\n

In another Star Wars\u00a0connection, Curry was even cast as the Joke for “Batman: The Animated Series,” having been considered for the role in the 1989 film as well,\u00a0until Mark Hamill supplanted him.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Curry took up the arm-kissing role of family patriarch Gomez in “Addams Family Reunion,” the 1998 movie reboot of the hit TV seriesImage: Everett Collection\/picture alliance<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Curry also played some of history’s most consequential figures like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, William Shakespeare, and even King Arthur \u2014 albeit in the Monty Python musical stage show “Spamalot.” He was also among the first actors to branch out into video game roles,\u00a0perhaps most notably as the fictional Soviet military officer\u00a0Anatoly Cherdenko in Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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As well as Mozart and Shakespeare, Curry played the ‘Red Eminence’ Cardinal Richelieu in “The Three Musketeers” released in 1993Image: Everett Collection\/picture alliance<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He released several solo studio albums and also contributed to various soundtrack records throughout his career, with his musical background apparent in many of his acting roles.<\/p>\n

Edited by: Rana Taha<\/em><\/p>\n

If you rely on our team for trusted reporting, please take a moment to select us as your Preferred Source on Google by <\/em>clicking here<\/a> and hitting the “star” or “preferred” button, so you’ll always see our verified news first.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Actor Tim Curry died at the age of 80, Variety, TMZ and other celebrity news outlets reported on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A cause of death was not immediately given but Curry had been in poor health for some time following a severe stroke that left him confined to a wheelchair and wrote in his memoir “Vagabond” last year that he was still not able to walk.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Curry won Laurence Olivier and Tony Award nominations for his work on stage in the UK\u00a0and the US, as well delivering Emmy-winning TV performances later in his career.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Film
Curry was another member of the class of 1946 to feature in ‘Home Alone 2,’ as was the current US President Donald TrumpImage: Everett Collection\/picture alliance<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Who was Tim Curry?<\/h2>\n

Curry was born in Cheshire into a Navy family in 1946 and spent his life bouncing around an array of different homes in the UK and even Hong Kong. He ultimately went to school in Bath, impressing as a soprano singer, and university in Birmingham.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He played in London musicals in the late 60s and early 70s seeking his big break, which came in a 1973\u00a0unusual musical ultimately destined to graduate to the silver screen.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Film
One review at the time referred to Dr. Frank-N-Furter as an ‘ambisextrous’ character in the cult musicalImage: Collection Christophel\/picture alliance<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Curry was given the role of the lingerie-clad sweet singing transvestite Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the cult classic film “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” in 1975. Despite the very German sounding name and initial rehearsals with a German and American accent, he ultimately played the mad scientist with an exaggerated upper class Belgravia accent, in what a Guardian<\/em> newspaper 1973 review\u00a0referred to as a “garishly Bowiesque performance as the ambisextrous doctor.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Film
Curry played everyone’s least favorite clown \u2014 at least in Derry, Maine \u2014 Pennywise in 1990Image: United Archives\/Impress\/picture alliance<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He went on to play an array of other roles that involved elaborate costumes, unusual mannerisms, and often a fairly pronounced dark but also\u00a0comedic\u00a0side in his career.<\/p>\n

\"MUPPET
Curry was able to cross threatening Kermit the Frog with an antique pistol off his bucket list in 1996Image: Everett Collection\/picture alliance<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

These included Gomez Addams in the “Addams Family Reunion” cinema reboot, Long John Silver in “Muppet Treasure Island,” the suspicious\u00a0Plaza Hotel concierge in “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York,” Pennywise the Clown in a miniseries based on Stephen King’s novel “It,” and even as the voice of Chancellor Palpatine in “Star Wars: The Clone Wars.”<\/p>\n

In another Star Wars\u00a0connection, Curry was even cast as the Joke for “Batman: The Animated Series,” having been considered for the role in the 1989 film as well,\u00a0until Mark Hamill supplanted him.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Film
Curry took up the arm-kissing role of family patriarch Gomez in “Addams Family Reunion,” the 1998 movie reboot of the hit TV seriesImage: Everett Collection\/picture alliance<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Curry also played some of history’s most consequential figures like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, William Shakespeare, and even King Arthur \u2014 albeit in the Monty Python musical stage show “Spamalot.” He was also among the first actors to branch out into video game roles,\u00a0perhaps most notably as the fictional Soviet military officer\u00a0Anatoly Cherdenko in Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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As well as Mozart and Shakespeare, Curry played the ‘Red Eminence’ Cardinal Richelieu in “The Three Musketeers” released in 1993Image: Everett Collection\/picture alliance<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He released several solo studio albums and also contributed to various soundtrack records throughout his career, with his musical background apparent in many of his acting roles.<\/p>\n

Edited by: Rana Taha<\/em><\/p>\n

If you rely on our team for trusted reporting, please take a moment to select us as your Preferred Source on Google by <\/em>clicking here<\/a> and hitting the “star” or “preferred” button, so you’ll always see our verified news first.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Actor Tim Curry died at the age of 80, Variety, TMZ and other celebrity news outlets reported on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A cause of death was not immediately given but Curry had been in poor health for some time following a severe stroke that left him confined to a wheelchair and wrote in his memoir “Vagabond” last year that he was still not able to walk.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Curry won Laurence Olivier and Tony Award nominations for his work on stage in the UK\u00a0and the US, as well delivering Emmy-winning TV performances later in his career.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Curry was born in Cheshire into a Navy family in 1946 and spent his life bouncing around an array of different homes in the UK and even Hong Kong. He ultimately went to school in Bath, impressing as a soprano singer, and university in Birmingham.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He played in London musicals in the late 60s and early 70s seeking his big break, which came in a 1973\u00a0unusual musical ultimately destined to graduate to the silver screen.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Curry was given the role of the lingerie-clad sweet singing transvestite Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the cult classic film “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” in 1975. Despite the very German sounding name and initial rehearsals with a German and American accent, he ultimately played the mad scientist with an exaggerated upper class Belgravia accent, in what a Guardian<\/em> newspaper 1973 review\u00a0referred to as a “garishly Bowiesque performance as the ambisextrous doctor.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

He went on to play an array of other roles that involved elaborate costumes, unusual mannerisms, and often a fairly pronounced dark but also\u00a0comedic\u00a0side in his career.<\/p>\n

These included Gomez Addams in the “Addams Family Reunion” cinema reboot, Long John Silver in “Muppet Treasure Island,” the suspicious\u00a0Plaza Hotel concierge in “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York,” Pennywise the Clown in a miniseries based on Stephen King’s novel “It,” and even as the voice of Chancellor Palpatine in “Star Wars: The Clone Wars.”<\/p>\n

In another Star Wars\u00a0connection, Curry was even cast as the Joke for “Batman: The Animated Series,” having been considered for the role in the 1989 film as well,\u00a0until Mark Hamill supplanted him.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Curry also played some of history’s most consequential figures like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, William Shakespeare, and even King Arthur \u2014 albeit in the Monty Python musical stage show “Spamalot.” He was also among the first actors to branch out into video game roles,\u00a0perhaps most notably as the fictional Soviet military officer\u00a0Anatoly Cherdenko in Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He released several solo studio albums and also contributed to various soundtrack records throughout his career, with his musical background apparent in many of his acting roles.<\/p>\n

Edited by: Rana Taha<\/em><\/p>\n

If you rely on our team for trusted reporting, please take a moment to select us as your Preferred Source on Google by <\/em>clicking here<\/a> and hitting the “star” or “preferred” button, so you’ll always see our verified news first.<\/em><\/p>\n

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