Farewell, Dr Frank-N-Furter: why Tim Curry’s Rocky Horror Show will go on
The versatile stage performer will always be remembered for his defining film role in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which turned him into an icon of 70s underground cinema and proto-punk • Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Stephen King’s It, dies aged 80 • Tim Curry on sexuality, surviving a stroke and 50 years of stardom • Clowns, corsets and kings – a life in pictures Over the past decade, the i
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The versatile stage performer will always be remembered for his defining film role in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which turned him into an icon of 70s underground cinema and proto-punk • Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Stephen King’s It, dies aged 80 • Tim Curry on sexuality, surviving a stroke and 50 years of stardom • Clowns, corsets and kings – a life in pictures Over the past decade, the i
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Farewell, Dr Frank-N-Furter: why Tim Curry’s Rocky Horror Show will go on
The versatile stage performer will always be remembered for his defining film role in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which turned him into an icon of 70s underground cinema and proto-punk • Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Stephen King’s It, dies aged 80 • Tim Curry on sexuality, surviving a stroke and 50 years of stardom • Clowns, corsets and kings – a life in pictures Over the past decade, the i
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Farewell, Dr Frank-N-Furter: why Tim Curry’s Rocky Horror Show will go on
The versatile stage performer will always be remembered for his defining film role in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which turned him into an icon of 70s underground cinema and proto-punk • Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Stephen King’s It, dies aged 80 • Tim Curry on sexuality, surviving a stroke and 50 years of stardom • Clowns, corsets and kings – a life in pictures Over the past decade, the i
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