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WWII comes to an end, after the recent bombings in Japan, and with Hitler's suicide. -
Timothy James Curry was born on April 19, 1946 in Grappenhall, Cheshire, England. -
The war between United States and the Soviet Union has started, 2 years after WWII ended. -
The 35th president of the United States of America, JFK, was assassinated in the Lincoln Continental convertible limousine. The assassin's name was "Lee Harvey Oswald". -
Tim attended Birmingham University to study Drama & English between 1965 and 1968. He often refers to the fact he didn’t attend classes much and merely acted in extra-curricular productions. -
Tim Curry was inspired to go into theater by meeting writer Richard O'Brien while performing in the West End production of Hair in 1968. Curry made his professional acting debut in Hair as Woof. He later appeared in a Scottish opera company tour of A Midsummer Night's Dream. -
Tim Curry's first role in theatre was in a play called "Danton's Death" in 1971. He played a character named "Lacroix". This play was located in the Glasgow Citizen’s Theatre. -
Tim Curry moved to Austin, Texas at the age of 19. He was a member of the World of Pentecost Church Choir from 1972-1984, and traveled around the United States with them. During this time, he also formed a band with church members called Street Band. -
In 1973, he was invited by Richard O’Brien, a fellow cast member from Hair (Tim in the West End cast and O’Brien in the touring cast), to audition for O’Brien’s new experimental musical The Rocky Horror Show, to be produced at the Royal Court’s Theatre Upstairs. Tim’s audition song was Tutti Frutti. -
The Rocky Horror Picture Show was filmed in 1974. The film remains a cult phenomenon over 45 years later and has helped cement Tim’s status as a pop icon to generations of fans. -
Tim Curry's first Broadway show was The Rocky Horror Show, which ran from March 10 to April 6, 1975. Curry originated the role of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, which he later reprised in the Los Angeles production and the 1975 film The Rocky Horror Picture Show. -
The longest running war between the US, and the Soviet Union, has now come to an end in 1989. -
The 4 terrorist attacks from the islams, and their leader "Osama bin Laden", had hit both towers of the World Trade Center, with 2 planes crashing into the sides of both of the towers. A 3rd plane hitting The Pentagon. And a 4th plane crashed in a field that was going to hit the white house. -
In July of 2012, Tim suffered a major stroke. His family and friends closed ranks around him as he began his long road to recovery, and managed the near-miracle of keeping the news secret until the following May -
Tim Curry turns down the role of Pennywise in the 2017 adaptation of IT. So Bill Skarsgård Takes the role of Pennywise in both chapter 1, and chapter 2. -
The Coronavirus has now spread its way over to the United States, and now the state as well as others, have gone into complete lockdown. -
