{"id":881127,"date":"2026-09-02T20:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T20:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/881127\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T20:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T20:32:11","slug":"tim-currys-cause-of-death-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/881127\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Curry’s cause of death revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tim Curry\u2019s cause of death was released following his passing at the age of 80 on Aug. 25.<\/a><\/p>\n

Curry died of coronary artery disease, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health\u2019s documents obtained by People<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The docs also listed a history of stroke and kidney cancer as other significant conditions that contributed to Curry\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

No operations were performed for Curry\u2019s coronary artery disease, kidney cancer or history of stroke, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n

Tim Curry\u2019s cause of death has been announced. FOX Image Collection via Getty Images<\/p>\n

The actor, seen here in 1974, died at the age of 80. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Last Wednesday, the Los Angeles Police Department told Page Six, \u201cOn August 25, 2026, at 11:23 p.m., police responded to the 10500 block of La Maida St. for a radio call of a death investigation for a subject described as an 80-year-old male.\u201d<\/p>\n

The LAPD confirmed that a death investigation report was completed.<\/p>\n

The British actor, best known for his role as the garish Dr. Frank-N-Furter in \u201cThe Rocky Horror Picture Show,\u201d had been in ill health for many years after suffering a debilitating stroke in 2012<\/a>, in the midst of receiving a massage.<\/p>\n

The medical emergency brought him \u201cway too close to death,\u201d he said in a 2025 interview with the NYT.<\/a><\/p>\n

The actor, photographed in 2025, suffered a stroke in 2012. Getty Images<\/p>\n

The stroke left Curry, seen here in 2016, unable to walk. FilmMagic<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a curious experience,\u201d he shared. \u201cI didn\u2019t know it was happening at the time. They told me at the hospital and operated on my brain and removed, I think, two blood clots, which is a sort of grim picture. I found that very difficult to cope with as an image.\u201d<\/p>\n

Curry added that he felt \u201clike somebody had paddled around in my brain.\u201d<\/p>\n

The stroke left him paralyzed along his left side and temporarily unable to talk, a prospect that left him terrified.<\/p>\n

Curry, seen here in 1995, said that the stroke brought him \u201cway too close to death.\u201d INSTARimages<\/p>\n

The stroke left Curry, seen here in 2025, paralyzed along his left side Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cI think my father had a stroke when he was 45 and died later from pneumonia,\u201d he told the NYT. \u201cAnd I kept remembering my mother talking about going to see him in hospital. He could only blink for yes and no. I dreaded that. I didn\u2019t want that to happen to me. It was very peculiar not to be able to speak, and to find a voice again was difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although he did learn to speak again, he never gained mobility and used a wheelchair.<\/p>\n

At a 50th anniversary \u201cRocky Horror Picture Show\u201d screening in Los Angeles in Sept. 2025,\u00a0Curry gave an update on his health<\/a>, telling the audience he \u201cstill can\u2019t walk, which is why I\u2019m in this silly chair, and that\u2019s very limiting.\u201d<\/p>\n

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One of his best-known roles was as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in \u201cThe Rocky Horror Picture Show.\u201d 20th Century Fox\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

He also played Pennywise in a television adaptation of \u201cIt.\u201d INSTARimages<\/p>\n

\u201cI won\u2019t be singing and I won\u2019t be dancing very soon,\u201d he shared. \u201cI still have real problems with my left leg.\u201d<\/p>\n

The three-time Tony nominee received acclaim for his onscreen roles in movies like \u201cAnnie,\u201d \u201cClue,\u201d the Concierge in \u201cHome Alone 2: Lost in New York,\u201d and Long John Silver in \u201cMuppet Treasure Island.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another notable role was Pennywise in the ABC miniseries \u201cIt,\u201d based on Stephen King\u2019s 1986 horror novel.<\/p>\n

Last year, he released a memoir entitled \u201cVagabond.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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