{
  "id": 3548757,
  "title": "Tim Curry Dead At 80",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/tim-curry-dead-at-80",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-26T16:38:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Stereogum",
    "slug": "stereogum",
    "url": "https://stereogum.com/2509483/tim-curry-dead-at-80/news/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tim Curry, the prolific British actor and singer, has passed away. TMZ reports that Curry passed away last night at home in Los Angeles. Curry remains most famous for his role as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the cult-beloved 1975 musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show and for playing comic-relief villains in a long string of movie roles. He also excelled in tons of stage-musical roles, and he had a run…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}