Tim Curry, Star of ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show,’ Other Iconic Films, Dies at 80

Actor Tim Curry attends the 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Celebrates 40th Anniversary Of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” at Los Angeles City Hall on October 30, 2015, in Los Angeles, CA. Photo by Earl Gibson III/WireImage Tim Curry, star of “Rocky Horror Picture Show,” died at 80 at his Los Angeles home on August 25. Curry’s death follows a near-fatal stroke he experienced in 2012 that had left him paralyzed. The English actor and singer’s career in show business included Tony nominations, a Daytime Emmy, and a lifetime achievement award from the Actors Fund Tony Awards Viewing Party. Tim Curry, who rose to fame during the 1970s for his role in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show, has died at his home in Los Angeles. He was 80. The death of the legendary English actor and singer comes 14 years after a major stroke that left him paralyzed. Best-known as the flamboyant, gender-bending Dr. Frank-N-Furter in “Rocky Horror,” Curry was a beloved queer cultural icon. Curry’s distinguished career included other notable roles like Pennywise in the TV miniseries adaptation of Stephen King’s “It” and Wadsworth the Butler in the cult classic film, “Clue.” He was nominated three times for a B…