Days after news first broke about actor Tim Curry’s sudden demise at age 80, new reports have confirmed his cause of death.Curry, who shot to fame with the success of the campy horror movie stage spoof ‘The Rocky Horror Show’ and its screen version, passed away on Tuesday in Los Angeles. Now, TMZ has confirmed in a report that the acting legend died from coronary artery disease.People reported that the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health made the determination that coronary artery disease was Tim’s main cause of death. However, the actor also suffered from Kidney cancer and had a history of strokes that were also listed as underlying causes.Curry’s longtime manager, Marcia Hurwitz, confirmed that the actor passed away peacefully at his Toluca Lake home. At the time, a cause for his demise was not immediately available, though it was reported that the actor had suffered from several health issues since having a severe stroke in 2012, which significantly decreased his mobility. He used a wheelchair through the rest of his life.Tim enjoyed strong roles as con man Rooster Harrigan in John Huston’s musical ‘Annie’ (1982) and (beneath a layer of elaborate makeup that took five hours to apply) the arch-villain Darkness in Ridley Scott’s fantasy ‘Legend’ (1985).He also appeared (drolly, as the butler Wadsworth) in the screen adaptation of the mystery board game ‘Clue’, which also attained cult status after an initial flop. His TV work of the period included a starring role as villain Bill Sikes in the 1982 TV movie of “Oliver Twist” and a 1989 record industry arc on the CBS crime show ‘Wiseguy.He has worked in films including ‘The Hunt for Red October’, ‘The Three Musketeers’, ‘Home Alone 2’, ‘Lethal Weapon’ spoof ‘Loaded Weapon 1’, ‘Muppet Treasure Island’, ‘McHale’s Navy’, ‘Charlie’s Angels’, ‘Scary Movie 2’ ‘Ritual’ ‘Kinsey’ and ‘Addams Family Reunion.’On TV, he has worked in projects like ‘Peter Pan and the Pirates,’ ‘IT’, ‘Over the Top’, ‘Family Affair’ and others. He was born April 19, 1948, in rural Grappenhall, Cheshire.
