That smoky, eyeshadowed stare; a cigarette drooping from his lip; the chain-draped biker jacket. As the transvestite scientist presiding over his spooky laboratory mansion, Tim Curry commanded the cult musical phenomenon of the seventies with a gloriously over-the-top performance.
His remarkable career spanned decades and an extraordinary range of roles—from a sincere and devoted butler to a chilling serial killer—yet he could make every character unmistakably his own.
Sadly, Tim Curry passed away today at the age of 80. A wonderfully distinctive performer whose presence, voice, and wicked sense of theatricality will be very much missed.
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