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Tim Curry, Rocky Horror star, dies at 80

Actor Tim Curry, best known as Dr Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, has died at age 80. He was also celebrated for roles in Stephen King's It, Legend and Clue, and was a prolific stage performer.

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Tim Curry was a versatile performer on stage and screen who made his name as the flamboyant Dr Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Curry’s best-known roles often required a considerable physical transformation, to the extent that he was unrecognisable in some of them. As Frank-N-Furter, Rocky Horror’s eccentric scientist, he was daubed in garish makeup and dressed in stockings and suspenders. In Ridley…

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

Tim Curry was known for his iconic performances in cult classics like "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and the original screen adaptation of Stephen King's "It."

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Tim Curry, the prolific performer who transformed for the screen – video

Tim Curry was a versatile performer on stage and screen who made his name as the flamboyant Dr Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Curry’s best-known roles often required a considerable physical transformation, to the extent that he was unrecognisable in some of them. As Frank-N-Furter, Rocky Horror’s eccentric scientist, he was daubed in garish makeup and dressed in stockings and suspenders. In Ridley…

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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…

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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…

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Actor Tim Curry, who starred in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, has died

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