Tributes started flooding in Wednesday for Tim Curry, the beloved stage and display star whose unforgettable performances made him a cult icon, following information of his demise at 80.
Curry, whose career-defining flip as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Image Present earned him generations of devoted followers, died Tuesday night time at his residence in Los Angeles, his supervisor confirmed.
The actor had confronted vital well being challenges for greater than a decade after struggling a near-fatal stroke in 2012. Authorities don’t suspect foul play.
Amongst these remembering him was Carol Burnett, who starred reverse Curry within the 1982 film musical Annie, enjoying the sister of his scheming character.
‘We had such a beautiful time working collectively on “Annie,” the 93-year-old comedy legend wrote on Instagram. “No person may play lovable villains higher than he may. He was a pricey good friend. I used to be blessed to know him.”
Burnett additionally shared a memorable clip from the movie, displaying her, Curry and co-star Bernadette Peters performing their scene-stealing quantity “Simple Road.”
Tributes poured in for legendary actor Tim Curry after information unfold Wednesday that he had died at 80
Carol Burnett, heart, appeared with Tim Curry and Bernadette Peters, left, within the 1982 film musical Annie
She included a clip from the image of the pair of them and their castmate Bernadette Peters performing their showstopping quantity Simple Road
Rosie O’Donnell posted an outdated image of Curry to her Instagram web page and wrote merely that he had been the ‘Sweetest man.’
Selma Blair leapt into the feedback of Curry’s ultimate Instagram submit and wrote: ‘Relaxation in peace. Variety and fantastic you.’
Luke Evans, who performed Frank-N-Furter within the newest Broadway revival of The Rocky Horror Present till Sunday, shared a letter he wrote Curry three weeks in the past.
‘Expensive Tim, With solely three weeks left earlier than I lastly cling up the fishnets and heels, I wished to ship you a observe,’ the The Hobbit star started.
‘Though we’ve by no means met, you’ve been a part of this journey from the very starting. Each actor who places on Frank inevitably walks right into a dialog that began with you, and I’ve felt that each single night time,’ Evans confessed.
Being in comparison with you has been one of many biggest compliments I’ve ever acquired, regardless that it’s a comparability nobody may ever hope to stay as much as. There’s, and at all times might be, just one Tim Curry,’ he continued.
‘I’ve by no means tried to recreate what you probably did. That will be not possible. I merely hoped to honour the extraordinary character you delivered to life, whereas discovering my very own approach by him,’ Evans defined in his observe.
‘As this chapter involves an finish, I simply wished to say thanks. On your fearless efficiency, for creating one thing so enduring, and for uplifting generations or actors to be a bit of braver than they thought they may very well be.’
He concluded: I hope, wherever you might be, you’d approve of yet another Frank having the time of his life in these heels. With monumental admiration, Luke x.’
Rob Schneider, one in every of Curry’s co-stars in his beloved 1992 launch House Alone 2: Misplaced in New York, shared his condolences on X, previously Twitter.
‘We had such a beautiful time working collectively on “Annie,” wrote the 93-year-old funnywoman: ‘No person may play lovable villains higher than he may’
Rosie O’Donnell posted an outdated image of Curry to her Instagram web page and wrote merely that he had been the ‘Sweetest man’
Selma Blair leapt into the feedback of Curry’s ultimate Instagram submit and wrote: ‘Relaxation in peace,’ including: ‘Variety and fantastic you’
Curry, finest recognized for enjoying Dr Frank-N-Furter in cult basic The Rocky Horror Image Present (pictured), died at his Los Angeles residence Tuesday night time, his supervisor confirmed
Luke Evans, who performed Frank-N-Furter within the newest Broadway revival of The Rocky Horror Present till Sunday, shared a letter he wrote Curry three weeks in the past; pictured on the Tonys
‘Gutted. The sensational character actor, Tim Curry has left the stage,’ he wrote. ‘A very gifted performer of stage and display, his one eyebrow may say greater than most actors total our bodies. I’m grateful to have the uncommon present of watching him work, he made you higher simply standing close to him.’
Michael McKean, who co-starred with Curry within the 1985 crime comedy Clue, expressed aid on the conclusion of his good friend’s punishing well being decline.
‘My final dialog with Tim Curry was about life and love and laughter,’ he wrote on X. ‘The grim bodily state he discovered himself in has now ended, a blessing. Our blessing was that we had Tim Curry in our lives. RIP, my good friend.’
Ben Stiller, who guest-starred on a 2002 episode of McKean’s sitcom Primetime Glick, replied to his tweet with a string of blue coronary heart emojis.
Lesley Ann Warren, one other star of Clue, wrote: ‘My expensive companion in crime, the sensible, hilarious, hysterically humorous , magician of artistry has left us. What an unbelievable pleasure to have shared a sound stage with him and to have interaction with such a grasp expertise. I adored him. Bless his wild and impressed soul. Love you Tim.’
Curry, who performed Lengthy John Silver within the 1996 movie Muppet Treasure Island, acquired a glowing encomium on the kids’s franchise’s official Instagram web page.
Rob Schneider, one in every of Curry’s co-stars in his beloved 1992 launch House Alone 2: Misplaced in New York, shared his condolences on X, previously Twitter
Michael McKean, who co-starred with Curry in Clue, expressed aid on the conclusion of his good friend’s punishing well being decline; Curry pictured in Clue with Eileen Brennan
Ben Stiller, who guest-starred on a 2002 episode of McKean’s sitcom Primetime Glick, replied to his tweet with a string of blue coronary heart emojis
Curry, who performed Lengthy John Silver within the 1996 movie Muppet Treasure Island, acquired a glowing encomium on the kids’s franchise’s official Instagram web page
Ice Dice’s son O’Shea Jackson Jr, who performed his father within the 2015 biopic Straight Outta Compton, tweeted in memoriam messages to each Curry and Dolly Parton
‘And the blows maintain coming,’ wrote Elaine Hendrix, who acted with Curry within the 1996 romantic comedy Lover’s Knot, additionally that includes Soiled Dancing star Jennifer Gray
Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger’s daughter Eire Baldwin shared her grief over each Parton and Curry in an emotional Instagram submit
Eric Idle (left), an authentic member of Monty Python who wrote the guide, music and lyrics of Spamalot, memorialized Curry by posting a throwback photograph with him to X
Acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro retweeted a submit asserting Curry’s demise and responded by writing merely: ‘Goodnight Candy Delusion….’
‘Few people have earned the title of honorary Muppet greater than the legendary Tim Curry,’ the submit learn. ‘As a performer he was unparalleled – witty, charming, unnerving, and deeply humorous. We’ll at all times think about it one in every of our biggest treasures to have been a part of Lengthy John Silver’s crew. Thanks for all the pieces, Tim.’
Ice Dice’s son O’Shea Jackson Jr, who performed his father within the 2015 biopic Straight Outta Compton, tweeted: ‘Rip Dolly Parton. Rip Tim Curry.’
‘And the blows maintain coming,’ wrote Elaine Hendrix, who acted with Curry within the 1996 romantic comedy Lover’s Knot, additionally that includes Soiled Dancing star Jennifer Gray.
‘I labored with Tim Curry within the 90s. He was THE kindest man,’ Hendrix recalled, alongside a pair of throwback snaps with him. ‘I adored him up shut and from a far since discovering “The Rocky Horror Image Present” whereas I used to be in Excessive College. I used to be an enormous fan of him! What a expertise. What a gentleman. What an honor. RIP Tim.’
Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger’s daughter Eire Baldwin shared her grief over each Parton and Curry in an emotional Instagram submit.
‘Two of my largest inspirations handed away at 80,’ wrote Eire. ‘Loopy how their presence as performers led me to consider that they’re immortal and couldn’t presumably ever be gone. Fly HIGH above this loopy world.’
Amongst Curry’s highest-profile stage roles was as King Arthur in Spamalot, the Broadway musical adaptation of the 1975 image Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Eric Idle, an authentic member of Monty Python who wrote the guide, music and lyrics of Spamalot, memorialized Curry by posting a throwback photograph with him to X.
‘Very unhappy to see the passing of Tim Curry, our first King Arthur,’ wrote Idle, 83. ‘A fantastic man, singer, actor, host and gardener. He might be missed.’
Acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro retweeted a submit asserting Curry’s demise and responded by writing merely: ‘Goodnight Candy Delusion….’
Patton Oswalt shared a photograph of Curry as Frank-N-Furter together with one of many character’s oft-quoted strains: ‘It’s not simple having a great time.’
