Tim Curry, known for playing loony villains for stage and screen, has died at 80. The actor was most recognized as Dr. Frank-N-Furter– playing him first in the stage musical “The Rocky Horror Show” in 1973, before it was turned into a feature film that went on to be a cult hit for decades. Curry, who suffered a stroke in 2012 that put him in a wheelchair, died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles. (Aug. 26)
\n\nTim Curry has died at 80. He was known for playing colorful villains on stage and on screen, including Dr. Frank-N-Furter in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and Pennywise in “It.”
\n\nTim Curry attends the Museum of the Moving Image salute to Alec Baldwin in New York on Feb. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, File)
\n\nTim Curry, center, appears with cast members from nominated Broadway productions at the 2005 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York on June 5, 2005. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
\n\nTim Curry participates in the panel for “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” during the Fox Television Critics Association summer press tour in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Aug. 8, 2016, (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
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