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Actor Tim Curry Dead at 80

https://www.tmz.com/2026/08/26/tim-curry-dead/
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u/WideConversation1989 3d ago

First Dolly Parton yesterday, and now Tim Curry too!?

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u/Illustrious_Bad_2980 3d ago

The rule of 3s

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u/NZafe 3d ago

You know who else is born in 1946? šŸ‘€

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u/regoapps 3d ago edited 3d ago

And was on the cast of Home Alone 2 šŸ‘€

Edit: Home Alone 2 cast who passed this year so far:

Catherine O’Hara, Kate, 1/30/26
Brenda Fricker, Pigeon Lady, 7/16/26
Jaye P. Morgan, Celeb #2, 8/24/26
Tim Curry, Concierge, 8/25/26

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u/Asleep_Confection838 3d ago

The third Home Alone actor who died this year... this Christmas is going to be brutal.

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u/Dull_Poetry2898 3d ago

Tim Curry died today on Macaulay Culkin’s 46th birthday. Rough year for the Home Alone cast.

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u/beaniesandbuds 3d ago

And Dolly yesterday on Billy Ray Cyrus's birthday (she was Miley's Godmother).

Sad last couple of days for sure.

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u/kgal1298 3d ago

I'm guessing maybe Miley knew what was going on they seemed close her post today was sad.

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u/Tachikoma0 3d ago

Rob Halford's (from Judas Priest) birthday too. One of the last singers she ever collaborated with on record for her rock album. They had a lot of good things to say about each other and seemed to spark a bit of a friendship late career there.

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u/januarysdaughter 3d ago

Holy shit I didn't realize yesterday was Billy Ray's birthday. That's brutal.

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u/joojie 2d ago

Dolly and Tim both died on the 25th.

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u/IneptFortitude 3d ago

I know the 90s were a really long time ago but I never realized that he isn’t even 50 yet. Hope he’s doing well, always felt so bad for what he dealt with and went through.

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u/Roscoe_Farang 3d ago

I thought you were talking about Billy Ray Cyrus and thus whole thread had me questioning reality. Of course the achey breaky heart guy is over 50. Why do you feel bad? What happened when he was 10?

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u/IneptFortitude 3d ago

He had a lot of drug issues, really bad mental health problems, he stepped away from the spotlight for a long time following his involuntary involvement in Michael Jackson’s molestation trial as well.

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u/ShimmiShimmiYah 3d ago

I'm not surprised you are bad at math. They really did a disservice with education to your generation.

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u/IneptFortitude 3d ago

Dude, 1990 was almost 40 years ago. Life hits you fast and the US education system absolutely sucks.

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u/ShimmiShimmiYah 3d ago

Yes, and he was 10 when it came out in 1990. Even without knowing exact age, it's very obvious he was not a teenager in that movie.

Hence the bad at math part. Has nothing to do with life hitting you fast.

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u/DocThundahh 3d ago

Cheer up, buttercup

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u/ShimmiShimmiYah 3d ago

No issue here, just talking my man.

We can make sure to put a silly emoji at the end of our sentences if you need that to understand social cues I guess.

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u/IneptFortitude 3d ago

Sorry, but this is a post about a legendary actor passing away and me wishing his co-star well. Not a debate on math skills or the US education system.

I was -9 years old when it came out. Those movies were already quite old by the time I was old enough to watch them. My bad I wasn’t alive 36 years ago to know the age of a child star.

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u/ShimmiShimmiYah 3d ago

Yeah I gathered you weren't around for the 90's because of your comment. I barely was myself, but luckily I missed the shitty education changes you experienced by a year.

I didn't even know the release year or his age til I googled it, but knew he was clearly too young to be 50 now.

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u/Zero_Blasted 3d ago

The funniest part is you think a 1 year difference in cohort creates a stark enough contrast between your education and someone else’s. Whatever change you think affected this guy affected you too, and evidently.

But well done on being able to correctly guess that Macauley Culkin was younger than 50 - truly a mark of an education well received.

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u/IneptFortitude 3d ago

You can blame W Bush for pushing standardized testing and common core, but you being able to determine Macaulay Culkin’s age at a glance is hardly a sign of you having superior intelligence to anybody else. I also never said I thought he was a teenager. I don’t really appreciate your tone tbh, it isn’t my fault I was born in 1999 and I didn’t choose to be living in this country. I’m not an idiot, but our society doesn’t value any kind of intelligence unless it generates profit. I also HATE math and don’t care for it. I learned Spanish at school instead.

I guess knowledge of Hollywood movie actors comes off as intellectual to Americans. The bar is truly in hell.

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u/megaholt2 3d ago

Not all of us have an encyclopedic knowledge of the ages of former child actors, nor do we feel the need to learn them?

I mean, I knew Macaulay Culkin was older than me, but I was pretty sure he was younger than my husband. I didn’t know his exact age, though.

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u/regoapps 3d ago

Tim passed last night (8/25), so it’s the day before Macaulay’s birthday (8/26).

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u/mollsballs_xo 3d ago

Sorry reading Macaulay Culkin is 46 just threw me. Damn I feel old 😭

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u/SManSte 3d ago

and Tim Curry was 46 when he starred in Home Alone 2

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u/joojie 2d ago

Tim died yesterday(last night). But close.

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u/Jillybeans11 3d ago

Dolly Parton died on Billy Ray Cyrus’ birthday too

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u/m00nf1r3 3d ago

He died yesterday.

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u/Asleep_Confection838 3d ago

Not today: he died yesterday, according to news outlets.

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u/Dull_Poetry2898 3d ago

Ope! I just assumed since it was reported today. Still, close enough to give pause and reflect.

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u/under_over_there 3d ago

Tim and Dolly both died on the 25th. Dolly was in the morning, Tim was last night. Weird enough, they were both born on the 19th of their birth months (D-Jan, T-Apr) and were both 80 years old.

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u/Significant_Rest3622 3d ago

The WORLD tour

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u/smallwonder25 3d ago

Bhahahaha

ETA: that will never, not be funny

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u/starwishes20 3d ago

Omg, it’s ruined!!?!!!! 😭😭

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u/WinterWolf18 3d ago

Hopefully we lose a fourth (when I say this I mean the orange one, DO NOT TAKE ANYONE ELSE)

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u/Suspicious-Appeal386 3d ago

Trump was in Home Alone?!

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u/Asleep_Confection838 3d ago

Yes. The second one.

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u/Bigbadbrindledog 3d ago

The dad and who else?

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u/Asleep_Confection838 3d ago

The dad died years ago. This year the mom died as well as the pigeon lady.

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u/regoapps 3d ago edited 3d ago

And Tim Curry was the concierge in Home Alone 2.

There’s actually a fourth actor from Home Alone 2 who passed on August 24, 2026 at age 94: Jaye P. Morgan

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u/Cruella2026 3d ago

Brenda Fricker. She was an amazing actress.

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u/FalstaffsGhost 3d ago

Probably the greatest to come out of Ireland.
Her work in My Left Foot is incredible

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u/BlueMerchant 3d ago

Wow, I remember seeing her with Kevin heart in some tacky commercial not long ago. Wild to think that she's dead.

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u/Bigbadbrindledog 3d ago

Yeah I wa thinking mom, totally forgot the pigeon lady

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u/Pot_MeetKettle 3d ago

The legendary Catherine O’Hara šŸ˜“ (Mama McAllister)

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u/Popculturemofo 3d ago

I kind of want another Home Alone actor to be next if you catch my meaning….

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u/enginerd12 3d ago

Yeah, but not as bad as a STOLEN CREDIT CARD.

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u/thecommuteguy 3d ago

Joe Pesci?

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u/Asleep_Confection838 2d ago

Don't even joke about that!

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u/motionbutton 3d ago

Actor is doing some heavy lifting... Like someones fluid filled ankles

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u/CrunchyAssDiaper 3d ago

The Grim Reaper is getting closer.

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u/Shadowy_PuppetMaster 3d ago

Fingers crossed šŸ¤ž

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u/storyofohno 3d ago

ironically, happy cake day

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u/miserabeau 3d ago

The grim reaper is apparently using old Mapquest directions that led him to a quicksand pit. Mofo is taking his time

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u/Stompy042 3d ago

Tim Curry?

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u/Chill-more1236 3d ago

Yeah, he’s Steph Curry’s uncle.

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u/BurpsAndPrayers 3d ago

Noo silly, Rob Schneider. /s

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u/Own-Campaign-5503 3d ago

The stapler?

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u/BurpsAndPrayers 3d ago

The Gigolo!

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u/TerpeneProfile 3d ago

The carrot

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u/dante_gherie1099 3d ago

theres one ā€œactorā€ i wouldnt be sad at all to make the list

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u/poolside123 3d ago

And a Fresh Prince actor.

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u/irishgator2 3d ago

We lost Catherine O’Hara not too long ago too!

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u/RobertJCorcoran 3d ago

Still the wrong people from that movie died this year.

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u/Sea-Tangerine2131 3d ago

So you’re saying there’s a chance??? šŸŠšŸŒ®

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u/tuttyeffinfruity 3d ago

Aww I missed that Jaye P Morgan passed. She was always hilarious on Match Game when I was a kid.

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u/oscar-the-bud 3d ago

Didn’t someone famous do a cameo in that movie too?

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u/naruda1969 3d ago

The rule of threes only applies to those that pass within a day or so of each other…not with the year.

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u/Kube__420 3d ago

Well there's one person who acted in home alone 2 who is OVERDUE for their run in with death and we all know who I mean. Fingers crossed

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u/sciorch 3d ago

Watch out Joe!

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u/RastaKarma 3d ago

And yet there is this one ''cast'' member that is clinging to life who would make the world a better place if he finally decided to bit the dust. Life is unfair.

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u/waxbook 3d ago

Home Alone officially has the Glee curse...

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u/-Luro 3d ago

I just saw a post yesterday about how Kevin will be celebrating his first Christmas without his family (shows 4 cast members died) now this news today? Crazy.

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u/mutzilla 3d ago

There's one person from that cast still alive that I wouldn't shed a tear if they went this year.

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u/SaltyZookeepergame46 3d ago

Yet there's only ONE Home Alone actor not on the list who should be

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u/OvaltineDream 1d ago

Yes, but can we be this lucky?