# Tim Curry has died at 80 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [August 26, 2026, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-curry-has-died-at-80/1032573 "2026-08-26T15:33:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-curry-has-died-at-80/1032573/81 "2026-08-27T14:20:42Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > Michael Caine was successful acting with the Muppets because he treated the Muppets as fellow actors. Tim Curry was successful at it because he treated himself as a fellow Muppet. That is great, and it really sounds right. So true to both of them. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-curry-has-died-at-80/1032573/82 "2026-08-27T14:37:36Z")
I hope he’s resting in peace in his Beryllium sphere. > **[The Shadow (1994) - Claymore's Sphere](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQbN2nmAnyk%2F)** > > Margo Laine easily fends off the unwanted attention of sleazeball Farley Claymore. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-curry-has-died-at-80/1032573/83 "2026-08-27T21:48:58Z")
Now I am hearing that Mainefolk are tying red balloons to storm drains in tribute to Saint Tim. (I never saw that movie but sorta know about it.) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-curry-has-died-at-80/1032573/84 "2026-08-27T22:21:02Z")
Great idea and fun, too. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-curry-has-died-at-80/1032573/85 "2026-08-28T00:13:03Z")
> [@echoreply](#): > > _Sweet Transvestite_ and Curry’s entrance is easily one of the greatest numbers in musical cinema history. Agreed ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-curry-has-died-at-80/1032573/86 "2026-08-28T02:28:37Z")
A toast, to absent friends. Strickly speaking, I think my first TC experience was the music video for Paradise Garage. There’s a blink and you’ll miss it scene of someone walking past the camera dressed as Frank-n-Furter, which I remember thinking, WTF, but not understanding, at the time. My first RHPS (but not my last) was on an air force base in Germany, maybe '81, packed venue, I had no idea what it was, only that it was a whole thing. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-curry-has-died-at-80/1032573/87 "2026-08-28T03:20:04Z")
I rewatched _Stephen King’s IT_ last month. Curry is excellent playing the killer clown. The early killing of the young boy is terrifying. RIP Timmy [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-curry-has-died-at-80/1032573.md?page=4)