‘Rocky Horror’ icon Tim Curry dead at 80: TMZ

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‘Rocky Horror’ icon Tim Curry dead at 80: TMZ​

Ciara Lankford
Wed, August 26, 2026 at 11:43 AM EDT
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(QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- Tim Curry, the beloved actor best known for playing the unforgettable Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, has died at 80, according to TMZ.

Sources told TMZ that Curry died late Tuesday night at his Los Angeles home after dealing with serious health issues for more than a decade. Law enforcement sources told TMZ that police responded to his home around 11:23 p.m. Tuesday. No foul play is suspected.

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TMZ reported Curry began his acting career in the late 1960s and landed his breakthrough role in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Although critics initially overlooked the movie, it eventually became a massive cult phenomenon, particularly through midnight screenings.


Curry also became known for playing the terrifying Pennywise in the 1990 TV adaptation of Stephen King's It.

Movie fans may also remember him from Clue, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Annie, The Hunt for Red October, Muppet Treasure Island, Addams Family Reunion, and Scary Movie 2.

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WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - OCTOBER 13: Tim Curry attends the premiere of Fox's 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do The Time Warp Again' at The Roxy Theatre on October 13, 2016 in West

‘Rocky Horror’ icon Tim Curry dead at 80: TMZ

Tim Curry, the beloved actor best known for playing the unforgettable Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, has died at 80.

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[Feroze]

He was also a Red Alert 3 actor as Premier Cherdenko.

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

Read this a couple hours ago. Rocky Horror Picture Show was indeed a cult classic. Can't tell you how many times we saw the movie when I was in engineering school.

RIP Tim!

Now I've a sudden urge to do the Time Warp.

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

 

[Master Chief]

 

[Oscar]

Great role in “Congo” as well

 

[Starlord]

Always remember him from Red Alert game, one of my favorite games of all time, Rest in Peace.

 

[Yasser76]

Great actor RIP

 

[SolarWarden]

They seem to always come in threes when it comes to celeb deaths.

Great actor don't forget his famous role...

 

[SolarWarden]

 

[Feroze]

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Yes, any loss of human life is sad. RIP Tim Curry, I will always like your acting role in Red Alert 3.

 

[F-22Raptor]

RIP Tim

 

[SolarWarden]

To me his best performance as a kid was The Worst Witch a movie that is not well known a movie that very likely gave J.K Rowling her idea for Harry Pottah.


One of the cheesiest songs with low-quality cg but it made me and my younger sister laugh. During October, like many Halloween shows, this was a must watch for me and younger sister.