Tim Curry, the actor celebrated for his roles as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the cult classic film "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and Pennywise the Clown in the 1990 version of "It," has died. He was 80.
Curry's manager confirmed his death to CBS News. The actor's death was first reported by TMZ, which said he died on Tuesday, Aug. 25.
USA TODAY has reached out to Curry's rep for comment.
Curry had been suffering from health issues in recent years and told fans in 2025 that he still struggles with mobility after a 2012 stroke.
"I still can't walk, which is why I'm in this silly chair, and that's very limiting," he said during an event at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. "So I won't be singing and I won't be dancing very soon. I still have
real problems with my left leg."
Throughout his more than five-decade career, Curry endeared himself to family audiences playing patriarch Gomez Addams in 1998's "Addams Family Reunion," pirate Long John Silver in "Muppet Treasure Island" and a suspicious Plaza Hotel concierge in "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York."
In addition to "Rocky Horror," Curry often played in the musical realm: portraying the conniving Rooster opposite Carol Burnett's Miss Hannigan in 1982's "Annie," and earning a Tony Award nomination for best leading actor for Monty Python's deeply silly Broadway adaptation of "Spamalot."
He was perhaps most beloved by comedy fans for playing butler Wadsworth, the effective straight man of 1985's madcap ensemble mystery "Clue" with Madeline Kahn and Christopher Lloyd. Although he continually showed impressive range in movies as varied as "The Hunt for Red October," "Kinsey" and Ridley Scott's "Legend."
Curry never married or had children.
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