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Tim Curry Shares Candid Health Reflections as Memoir 'Vagabond' Hits Shelves

A new book release frames the 79-year-old actor’s first-person account of life after a debilitating 2012 stroke.

Overview

  • Grand Central Publishing releases Vagabond today, with Curry offering a selective look at his life and career.
  • In a CBS Sunday Morning interview, he said a masseuse flagged concerns that led to a stroke diagnosis, brain surgery, and therapy to relearn speech.
  • He reports lasting left-side paralysis, uses a wheelchair, cannot use his left arm, and receives daily support from carers.
  • He says short-term memory loss is the most limiting effect of his condition and likely precludes a return to stage work.
  • He states he does not fear death and may ultimately welcome it, emphasizing that he rejects self-pity.