Tim Curry dies aged 80 after decades long career including cult-classic Rocky Horror Picture Show
Actor Tim Curry, best known for his memorable role as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the cult classic film Rocky Horror Picture Show , is dead, according to his longtime manager and friend Marcia Hurwitz.
In a statement to NBC News, Curry’s representatives said he died peacefully at his home in Toluca Lake, Los Angeles on Tuesday.
The Los Angeles Police Department said a death investigation report was completed late Tuesday night for an 80-year-old man at a home in Los Angeles, though police did not identify the body as Curry.
His cause of death has not yet been publicly revealed. He was 80 years old.
While the English actor cemented himself as a fan favorite for his portrayal of Dr Frank-N-Furter in 1975’s Rocky Horror Picture Show, fans of campy horror and mystery films also remember him for his roles as Wadsworth in the movie adaptation of the beloved board game Clue and as the evil clown Pennywise in the 1990 TV movie version of Stephen King’s book It.
British writer and comedian, Jonathan Lynn, who directed Clue, told NBC News he last saw Curry about a year ago during an interview.
Lynn, 83, recalled the interviewer telling Curry “he was so well known and yet no one seemed to know him very well. And he said, ‘Well, I think that’s appropriate.’”
The pair knew each other since they were teenagers and even attended the same school in England.
Clue co-stars Lesley Ann Warren, who played Miss Scarlet, and Michael McKean , who played Mr Green, shared their condolences on social media.
“My dear companion in crime, the brilliant, hilarious, hysterically funny, magician of artistry has left us,” Warren posted on Instagram alongside throwback photos of the two together.
“What an unbelievable joy to have shared a sound stage with him and to engage with such a master talent.”
McKean said on X that his last conversation with Curry “was about life and love and laughter.”
“Our blessing was that we had Tim Curry in our lives. RIP, my friend,” he wrote on his post.
Curry had long been dealing with health issues following a massive stroke in 2012 that left him partially paralysed and unable to walk.
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