The death has been announced of the British actor Tim Curry, best known for his starring role in the cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show. He was 80.

Tim Curry, who soared to fame in the ‘70s as the flamboyant star of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” died on Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 80.

British actor Tim Curry's cause of death was not immediately disclosed.

British actor Tim Curry's cause of death was not immediately disclosed.

The gender-bending role as Dr. Frank-N-Furter put Curry on the map in 1975. He then went on to play a number of villainous roles like Gomez Addams, Pennywise and Bill Sikes, but also Mozart and William Shakespeare.

British actor Tim Curry's cause of death was not immediately disclosed.

Tim Curry, the baritone-voiced British actor who pranced to movie fame as a singing, lingerie-clad

The cult success of The Rocky Horror Picture Show helped turn Tim Curry into an icon. Here's what the late star thought of the film's fandom.

Aug 26 - Tim Curry, the baritone-voiced British actor who pranced to movie fame as a singing, lingerie-clad \"sweet transvestite\" in the 1975 cult classic \"The Rocky Horror Picture Show,\" has died at the age of 80, Variety and other outlets reported. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Tim Curry, actor famed for 'Rocky Horror Picture Show,' dead at 80

Tim Curry, the British character actor who created a gallery of flamboyant villains for stage and screen, most famously Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the 1975 cult classic "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", has…

The British actor originated the role of Frank-N-Furter in the cult musical <i>The Rocky Horror Picture Show.</i>

Tim Curry, actor famed for 'Rocky Horror Picture Show,' dead at 80

Tim Curry has died at 80.

Tim Curry famously played Pennywise the clown in the 1990 TV adaptation of Stephen King’s It.

Sadly, the legendary Tim Curry of Rocky Horror Picture Show and Home Alone 2 fame (among many other beloved titles) has died at 80.

Tim Curry, who famously starred as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in 'Rocky Horror Picture Show,' has died at the age of 80.

Tim Curry, star of cult favorite "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," played the evil clown in "IT," and star of "Home Alone 2" has passed away at the age of 80.

Tim Curry had been dealing with several health problems since suffering a serious stroke in 2012

Tim Curry, a character actor who created a gallery of delicious, very loony villains for stage and screen, including Dr. Frank-N-Furter in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” has died.

Tim Curry, best known for playing Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, has died at the age of 80, one day after Dolly Parton's death.

Tim Curry could walk into a movie, flash that unmistakable grin, and immediately own the damn thing. Whether he was terrifying kids as Pennywise, unleashing glorious chaos as Dr. Frank N. Furter, racing through a murder mystery as Wadsworth, or towering over a fantasy world as Darkness, Curry had a