I just now saw this on the news with Anderson Cooper. It was on the scroll banner below the nightmare pictures of the flash flood on the border of Nepal & China while the side banner had a photo array of the international acknowledgements of the death of Dolly. I turned off the TV after seeing this triple play of huge loss of beloved icons and horrific disaster and devastation of loss of lives and property. I’m going to bed to hide under the covers for a long while.

For me, Tim Curry will always be the definitive Frank'N'Furter. He looked like he was having such fun playing the role.

I've only seen his work on Criminal Minds. His niche is not the sort of 'entertainment' I seek out.

I never saw Rocky Horror show, and if I saw other things he was in, I'm not remembering. But I will never forget him in Criminal Minds. He definitely personified his character!

I liked him very much as an actor but I understand that niche thing. He often played roles with a darker, even creepy side. Watching him made me uneasy and I think that was part of his talent. His portrayal of Pennywise the clown in Stephen King's "It" totally creeped me out!

He was the hotel concierge in Home Alone 2 as well.

and the butler in Clue

His name didn't ring a bell, but now I realize I have seen him in quite a few good movies. I didn't realize he was Pennywise. I loved that movie.

Did anyone go to Rocky Horror Picture Show in the heyday of midnight showings and audience participation? Does that still happen? I was talking about it today with a younger acquaintance and said don’t watch it at home on a small screen, the best thing was the experience.

@bpath, that was a regular thing we did back when I was in university :-D Once we went in costume to a showing at the local airforce base- one of the group was in the airforce. We also went as a group entry in the masquerade at a national science fiction convention (I was Magenta :-D). I can remember doing the time warp all the way back to the car afterwards, and it wasn't a New Year's party without doing the time warp :-D :-D :-D

DH and I went to see it on stage when we were dating and went to see it on the other side of the country for our 25th anniversary. We've also seen it a couple more times since then when there's been a production we could get to.

There are so many reels of interviews of him, now that he is gone. I have been watching them all. That quirky smile of his gets me. Like he knows more than he's telling. So delightful. I never knew he was in criminal minds. Will have to look that up and watch them all.

His reading of A Christmas Carol is my favorite. He had such a distinct voice and expressive talent.

bpath Both my kids when they were teens were very much into Rocky Horror in the early to mid nineties. They belonged to a local cast. DD played Janet for several years and DS did lighting ,tech ,and security. I just looked it up and a couple of the casts are still active today in San Francisco. In fact, DD was voted best Janet at Rocky Con in Vegas one year. There will probably be a lot of tribute performances around now that Tim Curry has passed.