Tim Curry died at 80 on Aug. 25, 2026, at his home in Toluca Lake, Los Angeles, closing the life of an actor whose face and voice stayed familiar across generations. His longtime manager and friend, Marcia Hurwitz, confirmed that he passed away peacefully.
For many fans, the news lands now because Curry had remained part of the public conversation even after a major stroke in 2012 left him partially paralyzed and in a wheelchair. He was best known for The Rocky Horror Picture Show, It and Annie, and he returned to onscreen work in 2024 with Stream, then completed all of his work for Stream 2: Sudden Death before his death.
Curry had stepped away from onscreen acting for 14 years after the stroke, but he did not disappear from view. At a 50th anniversary Rocky Horror Picture Show screening in Los Angeles in September 2025, he said, “I still can’t walk, which is why I’m in this silly chair, and that’s very limiting,” a line that made clear how much the injury still shaped his life.
That made the circumstances around his death more closely watched. Alongside the announcement from Hurwitz, LAPD separately said police responded Tuesday night at 11:23 p.m. local time to the 10500 block of La Maida St. for a death investigation involving an 80-year-old male. The two accounts do not spell out the exact cause of death, and no public explanation has been given.
Dee Wallace said Curry was “such a joy to work with,” while Michael Leavy called the death “an absolute shock” and said the team felt fortunate to have had him in the Stream family. His final screen work is already finished, which means Stream 2: Sudden Death will stand as the last performance from an actor whose most famous roles never really stopped finding new audiences.
