{"id":588467,"date":"2026-09-03T01:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T01:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/588467\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T01:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T01:32:09","slug":"rocky-horror-picture-show-star-tim-currys-cause-of-death-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/588467\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocky Horror Picture Show star Tim Curry\u2019s cause of death revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BritishBritish actor Tim Curry arrives at the premiere of his film “Charlie’s Angel’s”, in Hollywood, California in 22 October 2000. Photo \/ AFP (file)<\/p>\n

According to media reports, Curry did not undergo any surgeries related to coronary artery disease, kidney cancer or his history of stroke.<\/p>\n

At the end of last year, Curry opened up about his numerous health struggles after his stroke and also admitted he was \u201cnot scared\u201d of dying.<\/p>\n

Talking on CBS Sunday Morning about his life after his stroke in 2012 \u2013 which left him unable to walk and reliant on a team of carers \u2013 he said: \u201cI don\u2019t fear death. I try to avoid it. I think we all do, but I suspect that in the end, I will welcome it. I think it may be very comforting to go bye-bye, and I want to earn it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"ActorsActors Tim Curry and Richard O’Brien attending 15th Anniversary Celebration of ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ on October 20, 1990 at 20th Century Fox Studios in Century City, California. Photo \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

As well as his role in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which was written by British-New Zealander Richard O\u2019Brien, Curry\u2019s other most famous performances came as Pennywise the Dancing Clown in the 1990 TV miniseries It, based on Stephen King\u2019s novel of the same name, and as pompous hotel concierge Mr Hector in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.<\/p>\n

Other notable roles came in Annie, The Three Musketeers, The Hunt for Red October, Clue, Addams Family Reunion, Congo and Scary Movie 2.<\/p>\n

In his theatre career, he played Frank-N-Furter in the original stage production of The Rocky Horror Show and was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his roles on London\u2019s West End as the Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance (1982) and King Arthur in Spamalot (2007).<\/p>\n

His Broadway runs earned him three Tony Award nominations: his first for Best Actor in a Play for his role as Mozart in Amadeus (1980), followed by two nominations for Best Featured Actor in a Play for My Favorite Year (1992) and Spamalot (2005).<\/p>\n

O\u2019Brien paid tribute to Tim Curry last week, describing his longtime collaborator as \u201ca good egg and class act\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"RichardRichard O’Brien (left) with actor and singer Tim Curry at the Savoy Hotel in London, 1973. Photo \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is with an exceptionally sad heart and misted-up eyes that I share these words with you,\u201d O\u2019Brien told the Herald.<\/p>\n

\u201cTim Curry was a wonderful man by nature who was also a wonderful performer and understood the difference between such delightful achievements.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe never sought attention and never put himself before the roles that he played. He was, in short, a good egg and class act.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was both a privilege and delight to have known him and worked with him.<\/p>\n

\u201cRest in peace dear Tim.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"British actor Tim Curry arrives at the premiere of his film “Charlie’s Angel’s”, in Hollywood, California in 22…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588468,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3376,74,34384,1558,14801,25346,289623,634,156,1444,1345,410,111,139,69,1118,1319,12860,8730,3599,1305,2737,46001,686],"class_list":["post-588467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-actor","tag-after","tag-alone","tag-been","tag-british","tag-cause","tag-currys","tag-death","tag-entertainment","tag-famous","tag-home","tag-horror","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-of","tag-picture","tag-revealed","tag-rocky","tag-roles","tag-show","tag-star","tag-tim","tag-week"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}