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  •   Home > News > Entertainment

    Tim Curry is "not scared" of death and believes he will "welcome it"

    The 79-year-old actor faced his own mortality when he survived a stroke 13 years ago - which left him unable to walk and reliant on a team of carers - and The Rocky Horror Picture Show star admits he now doesn't fear the end of the life and may find it "comforting" to finally say goodbye


    During an appearance on CBS Sunday Morning, Curry explained: "I don't fear death. I try to avoid it. I think we all do, but I suspect that in the end, I will welcome it. I think it may be very comforting to go bye-bye, and I want to earn it."

    He also confessed he was frightened when he first suffered the stroke because the same condition previously killed his father.

    The movie star said: "I was scared ... I had to learn how to speak again. That was very weird. I hated not being able to speak. [And] my face kind of went sideways."

    It comes after Curry previously admitted he could suffer another stroke "at any time".

    When asked if he worries about going through a similar situation again in the future, Curry told the Guardian newspaper: "I probably should [worry]. It could happen any time. I wouldn't want to go through it again. Because it just makes you so f****** vulnerable."

    Curry is now reliant on a wheelchair to get around and cannot use his left arm, but he's helped by a team of carers, saying of them: "They really take incredibly good care of me and make me laugh."

    He went on to reveal the worst thing about his condition is the loss of his short-term memory as it means he will never work on stage again.

    He added: "I can't remember a f****** thing. I'm not sure that I could do theatre again."

    Curry previously revealed he suffered the stroke during a massage and his therapist was the one who noticed something was wrong and called an ambulance.

    Speaking on stage at a special screening of the Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles last month, Curry told the audience: "I was having a massage at the time and I didn't even actually notice anything, but the guy who was doing the massage said: 'I'm worried about you, I want to call an ambulance'. And he did, and I said: 'That's so silly'."

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