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Rocky Horror star Tim Curry dies at 80
Confirmed
He landed the role of Dr. Frank-N-Further — an impish, Frankenstein-like doctor with a fetish for cross-dressing (“He’s the ultimate seducer,” Curry once said ) – in 1973 in what was then known as The Rocky Horror Show , a campy sci-fi musical romp that was conceived by Richard O’Brien, who wrote the work’s score, lyrics, and book.
The inimitable Home Alone 2: Lost in New York and The Rocky Horror Picture Show actor has died aged 80, TMZ has reported. Curry said at the time that he prioritized protecting certain parts of his real-life story from the public, adding that something critical for him "is to not encourage an identity.
In an interview about the movie’s 40th anniversary in 2015, Curry said that the thing that still resonated with him about the film was the message of one of its songs. Curry later said of the interaction: “She was a very funny girl and a very beautiful one, and a very wicked smile came with that sentence.
A Race Across The World spokesperson said: "On behalf of the Studio Lambert production team, the BBC and the whole Race Across The World cast, we offer our deepest and heartfelt sympathies to Jo's son Charlie, and her wider family and friends.
“It was one of the most blistering, shocking, sexy entrances that has ever been onstage,” Susan Sarandon once said. Her family said she was "one of a kind" who "lived fully, fiercely and never did anything by halves".
Jo Gardiner, 61, died "following a long and courageous battle with cancer", her family said. Gardiner's family said "she had a rare gift for making everyone around her feel more alive".
In July 2012, he suffered a major stroke and required the use of a wheelchair from then on. They said she was "one of a kind", adding: "There will never be another her.
Diana then laughed and said: “Oh, yes, it quite completed my education.
What's confirmed
- The inimitable Home Alone 2: Lost in New York and The Rocky Horror Picture Show actor has died aged 80, TMZ has reported.
- In an interview about the movie’s 40th anniversary in 2015, Curry said that the thing that still resonated with him about the film was the message of one of its songs.
- A Race Across The World spokesperson said: "On behalf of the Studio Lambert production team, the BBC and the whole Race Across The World cast, we offer our deepest and heartfelt sympathies to Jo's son Charlie, and her wi
- “It was one of the most blistering, shocking, sexy entrances that has ever been onstage,” Susan Sarandon once said.
- Jo Gardiner, 61, died "following a long and courageous battle with cancer", her family said.
- In July 2012, he suffered a major stroke and required the use of a wheelchair from then on.
What's still developing
- Curry said at the time that he prioritized protecting certain parts of his real-life story from the public, adding that something critical for him "is to not encourage an identity.
- Jo Gardiner, 61, died "following a long and courageous battle with cancer", her family said.
- Her family said she was "one of a kind" who "lived fully, fiercely and never did anything by halves".
- Gardiner's family said "she had a rare gift for making everyone around her feel more alive".
- They said she was "one of a kind", adding: "There will never be another her.
- A Race Across The World spokesperson said: "On behalf of the Studio Lambert production team, the BBC and the whole Race Across The World cast, we offer our deepest and heartfelt sympathies to Jo's son Charlie, and…
- He landed the role of Dr. Frank-N-Further — an impish, Frankenstein-like doctor with a fetish for cross-dressing (“He’s the ultimate seducer,” Curry once said ) – in 1973 in what was then known as The Rocky Horror…
- “It was one of the most blistering, shocking, sexy entrances that has ever been onstage,” Susan Sarandon once said .