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Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, dies aged 80

ABC News Australia - Top Stories · 27 August 2026 at 2:31 am

Curry was renowned for his portrayals of Dr Frank N.

Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Pennywise the Clown in the 1990s film adaption of the Stephen King thriller It.

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