Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Stephen King’s It, dies aged 80
A prolific performer across stage, screen and TV, the actor starred in Legend, Clue and It, but will always be associated with the flamboyantly camp rock’n’roll musical in which he made his breakthrough Tim Curry on sexuality, surviving a stroke – and 50 years of stardom Farewell, Dr Frank N Furter: why Tim Curry’s Rocky Horror Show will go on Clowns, corsets and kings: Tim Curry – a life in pictures Tim Curry, the v
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- 26 Aug 2026, 15:47 UTC
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- Andrew Pulver
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- Film
A prolific performer across stage, screen and TV, the actor starred in Legend, Clue and It, but will always be associated with the flamboyantly camp rock’n’roll musical in which he made his breakthrough Tim Curry on sexuality, surviving a stroke – and 50 years of stardom Farewell, Dr Frank N Furter: why Tim Curry’s Rocky Horror Show will go on Clowns, corsets and kings: Tim Curry – a life in pictures Tim Curry, the v
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Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Stephen King’s It, dies aged 80
A prolific performer across stage, screen and TV, the actor starred in Legend, Clue and It, but will always be associated with the flamboyantly camp rock’n’roll musical in which he made his breakthrough Tim Curry on sexuality, surviving a stroke – and 50 years of stardom Farewell, Dr Frank N Furter: why Tim Curry’s Rocky Horror Show will go on Clowns, corsets and kings: Tim Curry – a life in pictures Tim Curry, the v
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Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Stephen King’s It, dies aged 80
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Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Stephen King’s It, dies aged 80
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Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Stephen King’s It, dies aged 80
A prolific performer across stage, screen and TV, the actor starred in Legend, Clue and It, but will always be associated with the flamboyantly camp rock’n’roll musical in which he made his breakthrough Tim Curry, the versatile performer of screen and stage, who made his name as the flamboyant Dr Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Show, has died aged 80. Reports say Curry died at his home in Los Angeles. Ironically,
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