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Entertainment · Celebrity news · published 2026-08-26 · via The Hollywood Reporter

Tim Curry, Beloved Cult Icon and Versatile Actor, Dies at 80

Tim Curry, the British actor celebrated for his roles in 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' and Stephen King's 'It', has died at age 80. He passed away Tuesday night at his Los Angeles home, following a major stroke he suffered in 2012. Curry's career spanned stage and screen, earning him three Tony nominations and a cult following.

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Curry's path to stardom began in 1968 when he joined the West End production of Hair, where he met Richard O'Brien, the future creator of Rocky Horror. Together they shaped Dr. Frank-N-Furter from a lab-coat-wearing German into the iconic character Curry would play on stage and screen. Born in Cheshire in 1946, he lost his father, a Methodist Navy chaplain, at age twelve.

His 2012 stroke curtailed his career, though he returned to acting in the 2024 horror film Stream. Across his decades of work, Curry earned three Tony nominations for Amadeus, My

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