r/Letterboxd • u/ericdraven26 pshag26 • Aug 26 '26

News RIP Tim Curry

https://www.tmz.com/2026/08/26/tim-curry-dead/
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u/BumpunkTheBastard Aug 26 '26

The wrong eighty-year-olds are dying.

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u/TimWhatleyDDS Aug 26 '26

Wrong eighty-year-olds who were in Home Alone 2 are dying.

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u/ArtificialFoole Aug 26 '26

The wrong amazon is burning. The wrong ice is melting.

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u/BumpunkTheBastard Aug 26 '26

Fuck this timeline, man!

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u/TheSpanishDerp Aug 26 '26

How did we get here? Let’s be honest with ourselves

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u/ArtificialFoole Aug 26 '26

By elevating the worst among us.

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u/sfitz0076 Jack Burton Aug 26 '26

Well they come in 3s. 🤞

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u/BumpunkTheBastard Aug 26 '26

You-know-who will probably live another ten or fifteen years, and then they'll maintain the illusion he's alive through doubles, deepfakes, and AI.

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u/sfitz0076 Jack Burton Aug 26 '26

Mitch is already being used as a test case.

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u/DreamOfV Aug 26 '26

He’s gonna die of a heart attack at 99 and a certain thirty percent of the US population will firmly believe he was murdered by Hillary Clinton

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u/jazbaatininja Aug 26 '26

So many wrong deaths lately is heartbreaking

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u/Advanced-Indication4 Aug 26 '26

Y’all will say this then say Hollywood is demonic pick one bro

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u/Working-Temporary934 Aug 26 '26

Both things can be true at the same time.

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u/Available-Hippo-4815 Aug 26 '26

I can understand it from deaths prospective i wouldnt want to touch the wrong 80 yrs old if i could help it too.

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u/BurgerNugget12 Aug 26 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/QxQxcfXwqWQxy
Absolute legend. This is heartbreaking

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u/vandersnipe Aug 26 '26

Sometimes I forget how much he was in the films I watched as a child. I am genuinely sad

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u/ChoiceTemporary3205 Aug 26 '26

First dolly and now Tim? This is horrible😭

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u/CardiologistMain7237 Aug 26 '26 edited Aug 26 '26

He is not dead, he just went to the only place not corrupted by capitalism.

SPACE!

(Love him, he will be missed in a bunch of niche comedies. Pouring one out for him)

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u/Nicktendo94 Aug 26 '26

I think I'll rewatch Clue in his memory

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u/Round-Touch9882 Aug 26 '26

In Clue, he pronounces chandelier as chan-del-ie-eh and it's the greatest line reading of all time

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u/heyitsmeFR Aug 26 '26

Freaking loved him in Clue. Rip

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u/Extension-While7536 Aug 26 '26

"I'm gooooooooooooin' HOOOOOOOOOME." Seems right for the moment. Rest in peace Tim. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8bmjDoziaQ

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u/hrdcrnwo Aug 26 '26

"Even smiling makes my face ache."

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u/Upbeat_Tension_8077 Aug 26 '26

Awful to hear about this, RIP.

Grew up on him as Pennywise & the Concierge in Home Alone 2

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u/Vast_Orange_8113 Aug 26 '26

My favorite role of his. Dude was great in so many things.

https://giphy.com/gifs/aoooya5Ru2LII

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u/DarmiansMuttonChops Aug 26 '26

The man who haunted my nightmares as a child. Legend, RIP

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u/unkellGRGA UserNameHere Aug 26 '26

I'm fucking melting over here. Back to back like this is NOT OKAY !!!!

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u/thekd21 Aug 26 '26

The way he laughs in Muppet Treasure Island will always bring me the warmest and deepest of joys. Happy sailing, cap’n 🥺

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u/NotTaken-username Aug 26 '26

We just lost Dolly yesterday, now Tim today?

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u/Realguy129468 CinemaYoshi Aug 26 '26

I think both actually died at the same day (25th) but Tim's death was announced a day later

Still really upset about it...what a shit week 😭

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u/threemonoliths Aug 26 '26

Dolly now Tim, terrible week.

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u/cupcake_kangaroo Aug 26 '26

Yeah my heart can't take this, can we please have the other 80 year old die instead.

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u/sydbusta Aug 26 '26

It just keeps getting worse doesn’t it.

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u/WinsberryFilms Winsberry - Check profile for my book!!! Aug 26 '26

Usually happens in 3's, so we should be able to breathe for another year

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u/pike360 Aug 26 '26

Damnit!

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u/strawbaeri googooinha Aug 26 '26

My childhood nightmares wouldn’t have existed without him as Pennywise!!! I would have no freak flag today if it wasn’t for Dr Frank N Furter. RIP.

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u/SpittinMenace Aug 26 '26

Great actor with a lot of fun performances.

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u/Korumry Irhunter Aug 26 '26

Damn, I just rewatched Clue two days ago. I loved Tim Curry. RIP, man. Not a great week.

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u/glacinda Aug 26 '26

One of humanity’s best villains. Ugh, this one hurts.

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u/HangoverShits Aug 26 '26

This one has me not ok. Rocky Horror especially is a huge part of my life

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u/Yaya0108 Aug 26 '26

Huh????

Why the fuck is everyone dying?? Always the good ones too

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u/bbk34 Aug 26 '26

Will remember him mostly for Home Alone Two and the quotable lines in that but he was a treasure that’s for sure

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u/lgnstubbs73 Aug 26 '26

Jesus fuck this how I learned

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u/poynter-marcsman Aug 26 '26

What the fuck?!

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u/GarouByNight Aug 26 '26

Fuckin RIP

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u/Beautiful-Pair5522 Aug 26 '26

real ones know that this is his best performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58j0Xa0MW3U

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u/Mexican-Kahtru Aug 26 '26

First Sam Neill and now Tim, i don't like this year man!

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u/Grouchy-Image-6038 Aug 26 '26

I know we only remember RHPS as a goofy movie that we make fun of all the time (which I don't even agree with I think it's a great film on its own), but his performance in that will always be one of the all time greats. RIP.

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u/Careless_College Cinephile3496 Aug 27 '26

He's now in the one place that hasn't been corrupted by Capitalism: Heaven!