Tim Curry passed away at 80 years old on Tuesday night leading many to wonder about his romantic life because the acting legend was notoriously private.
As The Rocky Horror Picture Show star never had any public relationships and never discussed his sexuality amid speculation that he was gay due to the flamboyant characters he portrayed on screen, there was a lot of speculation regarding his dating life.
However, 10 months ago the talented thespian shut down any further rumors with a cutting eight-word response when asked about his personal life.
Curry told The New Yorker in October 2025: 'My romantic life is none of anybody’s business.'
Curry is also an icon in the LGBTQIA+ community due to his groundbreaking role as androgynous scientist Dr Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
The British actor released the book Vagabond: A Memoir last year and once again drew the line at his romantic life.
Tim Curry passed away at 80 on Tuesday night leading many to wonder about the notoriously private star's romantic life. Above, in 1975's The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Though he did not touch on his sexuality or romantic life, he did describe the role of Dr Frank-N-Furter as 'liberating.'
He told The Guardian last year: 'Enormously [liberating], because basically he can f*** anybody. That’s quite a charge. It’s important to make that believable.'
Curry was asked if he applied that approach to his off-screen life and although he did not spill any details he said: 'Well, I wasn’t lonely! It wasn’t too difficult to get laid.
'But it was the 70s, which is crucial to what it is, I think.'
The Home Alone 2: Lost In New York star never married and was single at the time of his death. He also had no children.
Curry died at his home in Los Angeles Tuesday night, TMZ was first to report.
He had been suffering with serious health issues for more than a decade and no foul play is suspected.
Curry opened up about his wellbeing last year during a special screening marking The Rocky Horror Picture Show's 50th anniversary.
Curry is an icon in the LGBTQIA+ community due to his groundbreaking role as Dr. Frank-N-Furter The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Curry, pictured in January 1974, told The New Yorker in October 2025: 'My romantic life is none of anybody’s business'
The British actor suffered a stroke after collapsing at his California home in 2012, leaving him partially paralyzed on one side of his body and affecting his speech. Above, in October 2016
Speaking to the audience at LA's Academy Museum, he said: 'I still can't walk, which is why I'm in this silly chair, and that's very limiting.
'So, I won't be singing and I won't be dancing very soon. I still have real problems with my left leg.'
The actor suffered a stroke after collapsing at his California home in 2012, leaving him partially paralyzed on one side of his body and affecting his speech.
Since the stroke, which he suffered aged 66, the legendary actor remained largely out of the public eye.
Despite his wish to avoid being typecast, Curry's sensational portrayal of the mad 'transvestite from Transsexual, Transylvania' in The Rocky Horror Picture Show inevitably defined his career.
A hedonist in heels and fishnets, the deviant doctor was hell-bent on creating the perfect man – and the character railed against the dull all-American teen couple, Janet and Brad.
After the 1973 role that made his name, Curry went on to join the cast of 1992's Home Alone 2 – playing Mr Hector, a stuffy and suspicious concierge at the Plaza Hotel in New York.
Curry went on to join the cast of 1992's Home Alone 2: Lost In New York playing Mr Hector, a stuffy and suspicious concierge at the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan
Curry also was the original on-screen Pennywise, taking on the role of the iconic horror character in the 1990 television miniseries of Stephen Kings novel IT
Between 2004 and 2007, Curry portrayed King Arthur in the Monty Python musical Spamalot (pictured) on stage in Chicago, Broadway and the West End
Curry also was the original on-screen Pennywise as he portrayed the iconic horror character in the 1990 television miniseries of Stephen King novel IT.
Between 2004 and 2007, Curry portrayed King Arthur in the Monty Python musical Spamalot on stage in Chicago, Broadway and the West End.
Some of his stage credits include What About Dick? My Favorite Year and Travesties, among others.
Born Timothy James Curry in Cheshire, England, in 1946, Curry was the younger child of Patricia, a school secretary, and James, a Royal Navy chaplain. He had an older sister, Judith, a concert pianist, who died in 2001.
Curry grew up in Plymouth and went to boarding school. Then, in 1958, when he was just 12 years old, he lost his father to pneumonia.
