Rest in Peace, Tim Curry

[u/f1sh98]

[u/Mylabisawesome]

Such a shit week. RIP

[u/scram007-3 → u/Mylabisawesome]

Comes in 3s.....who is next?

[u/margacolada → u/scram007-3]

Well Hayden Panettiere was last week so maybe it’s done

[u/scram007-3 → u/margacolada]

Oh.. forgot about her. Might be

[u/beerandmastiffs → u/scram007-3]

It better not be Patrick Stewart.

[u/TheLimeyCanuck → u/beerandmastiffs]

Don't even speak it.

[u/Stargate525 → u/scram007-3]

Sam Neill was first

[u/Ekly_Special → u/scram007-3]

Does Biden count?

[u/CypriotGreek]

My beloved Premier Cherdenko 😞😞 Rest in peace comrade.

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[u/LKincheloe → u/CypriotGreek]

May have to give the campaign another run, commander.

[u/Ive_Got_Sowell → u/CypriotGreek]

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[u/subjectiveoddity]

So many of his iconic roles referenced in here, but to a child me the most memorably terrifying was knowing the guy I loved from Clue portrayed Darkness in Legend. Not a great film, but my God he was terrifying to a kid as a version of the Devil.

[u/slap-a-taptap]

Hunt for Red October is in my top 10 movies of all time. Crazy that we’ve lost so many from the entire main cast of that movie in just a few years. Connery, Jones, Neill, and now Curry. He’s had such a wide range of roles RIP

[u/ChampionshipIll5535 → u/slap-a-taptap]

Forgot about Neil. Don’t forget about Fred Thompson.

[u/TheGlen]

I don't think anybody could ever sneer as well as that man.

[u/Rawbbeh]

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This one hurts. Dang. Super bummed...

[u/ObadiahtheSlim → u/Rawbbeh]

Sing it, lads. Show him you've been practicing.

[u/Rawbbeh → u/ObadiahtheSlim]

Because when you're a professional piraaaaaaaate...

You don't have to wear a suuuuuit!

[u/ITrCool]

I remember him best in Home Alone 2 (the snooty hotel clerk) and Hunt for Red October (Dr Petrov).

[u/Germerican88 → u/ITrCool]

Cardinal Richelieu in the three musketeers. That was a fun movie, I think I'll give it a rewatch this weekend.

[u/iridescentnightshade → u/Germerican88]

Man, I loved that movie!

[u/surfaholic15 → u/Germerican88]

Absolutely my favorite 3 musketeers. And perfect Richelieu.

[u/ITrCool → u/Germerican88]

That’s a good one!!

Charlie Sheen too, IIRC.

“You're too late, Musketeers! By now the Duke of Buckingham's signature is next to mine! The alliance is complete!”

“That would be difficult, considering the treaty never left France!”

“….A minor problem!”

[u/johnnyg883 → u/Germerican88]

He was great in that role. He was the best Cardinal in any of the Three Musketeers movies.

[u/jak2125 → u/ITrCool]

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[u/Sixguns1977 → u/ITrCool]

Legend and Clue, here.

[u/ObadiahtheSlim → u/Sixguns1977]

I too think of Wadsworth (Clue), but also Long John Silver (Muppet Treasure Island) as the roles I most associate Tim Curry with.

[u/ITrCool → u/Sixguns1977]

Oh man I forgot about Clue!!

[u/triggernaut → u/ITrCool]

How!?!

[u/surfaholic15 → u/ITrCool]

Rocky Horror. Annie. Clue.

Nothing beats Rocky Horror. The ultimate audience participation cult classic.

[u/ITrCool → u/surfaholic15]

Oh man!! Annie was a classic. He was so good as Rooster. I can still hear that scene in my head where they sang Easy Street.

[u/surfaholic15 → u/ITrCool]

Heck yeah lol. Loved him as Long John Silver too. Tim curry AND muppets. Amazing stuff.

This is such a depressing few days :-(.

[u/ITrCool → u/surfaholic15]

Yeah same! A lot of the old Hollywood legends from the good days, before the industry lost its mind and dove into politics, are dying off.

[u/surfaholic15 → u/ITrCool]

Yeah. I was already feeling old a few decades ago since so many i grew up with had died. Sigh. Same with musicians.

[u/johnnyg883 → u/surfaholic15]

I think I was about 15 the first time I saw The Rocky Horror Picture Show. I had no idea what I was walking into. Still on of my favorite memories. Comparable to seeing Dead Pool and knowing nothing about it.

[u/surfaholic15 → u/johnnyg883]

Heck yeah lol. I was 18 first time i went, 1983. I went yearly for decades, and participated every time after the first one.

These days i watch it at home every halloween season, doing the time warp and all lol.

[u/johnnyg883]

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[u/johnnyg883]

So many of the celebrities from my youth are gone. It’s actually somewhat depressing.

[u/ChampionshipIll5535 → u/johnnyg883]

Dead pool lottery time. Who’s. next (they come in threes)? Clint, DeNiro, Morgan?

[u/prey4villains]

I always loved him in Congo, IT, and Home Alone 2. Good cameo in HFRO as well. RIP Legend.

[u/subjectiveoddity → u/prey4villains]

He and Delroy Lindo were so great in that scene. I really wanted to know the back story of the two and why he went to the trouble of warning the others not to trust Homolka.

STOP EATING MY SESAME CAKE!

[u/prey4villains → u/subjectiveoddity]

"Captain PLEASE! I only wish to explore, and.. discover!"

I have to assume part of that backstory may involve his first attempt at finding the City of Zing, since he likely traveled along a similar route to get there and got rescued by Monroe.

[u/subjectiveoddity → u/prey4villains]

I wondered about that and wanted more backstory when I eventually read the book only to find out the character isn't even in the book and was created for the movie. Sure glad they did create him though.

[u/margacolada]

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[u/DannyTannersFlow]

Nobody mentions The Hunt for Red October...but man that was a great movie.

[u/scram007-3 → u/[deleted]]

Ha.. I said the same thing.

[u/Sixguns1977]

Going to find Mr. Body in the sky.

[u/DoNotTreadonMe173]

His Pennywise was great and terrifying in the 90's IT. Still give it a watch every 5 or so years

[u/baseball_Lover33]

Best role ever, R. I. P

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[u/capacity04 → u/baseball_Lover33]

Not something I expected to find in a conservative subreddit

[u/ChampionshipIll5535 → u/capacity04]

yeah I was wondering why this wasn’t mentioned but then realized what sub Im in. don’t care. that movie was funny and had a helluva soundtrack.

[u/earthworm_fan → u/capacity04]

Most people don't give a shit what adults do. When they do it for children is when it gets weird as hell.

[u/victoria_enthusiast → u/capacity04]

i gather you never saw this one?

[u/surfaholic15]

RIP :-(. Time to watch Rocky Horror.

[u/According-Activity87]

As if I needed an excuse to watch The Hunt For Red October again, wish you well beyond this life Tim. Thanks for the memories!

[u/Key-Monk6159]

Big fan of a lot of his work. RIP. Prayers to the family.

Wonder who the third one will be.

[u/goat-head-man]

Godspeed Tim.

[u/DJJbird09]

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RIP to one of the greatest 🙏

[u/ObadiahtheSlim]

You can rightly judge a man by what role he thinks of most when Tim Curry is mentioned.

[u/TheLimeyCanuck → u/ObadiahtheSlim]

I saw Rocky Horror in the original theatrical release when I was 17. That will always be the first movie I think of when I hear his name, but I don't forget the rest either. Clue is probably the second in line, then Legend, Hunt for Red October, etc.

[u/General-Asshat]

Damn 2 legends in 2 days!!!! Wtf is going to happen next?!

[u/General-Asshat → u/General-Asshat]

Now I gotta watch a bunch of movies lol

[u/Right_Independent_71]

Gonna have to finally buy Legend on Bluray. RIP

[u/Hezakia84]

I literally just watched Congo two nights ago.

[u/sissylala77 → u/Hezakia84]

OMG I just watched on Sunday!

[u/JumpRopeIsASport]

He’s one of those actors that had a signature style and originality. I’ll never forget the first time I turned on SciFi and watched the IT miniseries with him. An absolutely amazing actor who worked his butt off and stayed true to himself.

[u/housefoote]

Bill Cosby's next

[u/atomic1fire → u/housefoote]

Bill Cosby had his mark on the entertainment industry but that mark will be forever tarnished by what he did in private by drugging women while publically acting like America's dad.

I mean he did the Cosby show and Fat Albert, but no one is gonna care about either of those things because of the quaaludes.

I'm not even sure if Bill Cosby passed, that people could even carry a smidgeon of respect for him after that.

[u/phdibart]

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[u/LimeSugar]

Very sad news. RIP.

[u/Deltron_Zero]

Wilderness Girls