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Tim Curry Details Life-Saving Response and Lasting Effects of 2012 Stroke in New Memoir

He says short-term memory loss now rules out a return to theatre.

Overview

  • Vagabond, published this week, sees the 79-year-old candidly recount his paralytic stroke and long recovery.
  • Curry credits a masseur for calling 911 against his wishes, leading to an emergency craniectomy and removal of two brain clots.
  • He remains wheelchair-dependent with left-side impairment and says carers help him manage day to day.
  • In recent interviews, he says another stroke could happen at any time and that he would not want to endure it again.
  • Since 2012 he has largely shifted to voice work, made a rare appearance at a 50th-anniversary Rocky Horror screening, and shares career anecdotes in the book including a Princess Diana encounter.