‘Little House on the Prairie’s Melissa Gilbert Mourns Death of Tim Curry

At the age of 80, actor Tim Curry died peacefully at his home in Los Angeles on Aug. 25. TMZ was the first to report the news.

Curry is most well-known for his role as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, both the 1975 film and stage reprise. He also starred as Wadsworth in 1985’s Clue, played Mr. Hector in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, and the pirate villain Long John Silver in Muppet Treasure Island.

To honor his legacy in Hollywood, fellow actor Melissa Gilbert took to social media to pay tribute to Curry.

“Ok 2026, you can stop now,” the Little House on the Prairie star wrote. “I don’t know how to explain how much I enjoyed watching this man on film, in interviews, and on stage. These last several days have just been heartache on heartache on heartache. Please stop! Mr Curry, may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.”

A few hours before her tribute to Curry, Gilbert also honored Dolly Parton with a post. Like Curry, Parton passed away on Aug. 25 at the same age of 80. Later, Gilbert also paid tribute to actress Shelley Fabares, who passed away on Aug. 22.

While the cause of death for Curry is not yet known, LAPD confirmed to People that police officers responded to a call for service on Tuesday at 11:20 p.m. They completed a death investigation for a male in his 80s at home in North Hollywood. At this time, no other information is known.

Over the past decade, Curry was transparent about his health struggles. In 2012, he suffered from a near-fatal stroke, which left him with lasting mobility issues. In a final interview with USA Today, he said that at the time, his health had been “pretty good,” although he had been carrying an aneurysm in his abdomen, not knowing when or if it would rupture.

“The whole thing’s been scary,” Curry revealed.

Find Parade’s full coverage of Curry’s death here.