Tim Curry, actor known for roles in ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show,’ ‘It’ and ‘Clue,’ dies at 80

This one hurts.

Tim Curry, the legendary British actor who gave us some of the most iconic characters in film history, has passed away at age 80.

You know his work, even if you didn’t always know his name. He was Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show — the role that made generations of us question everything in the best possible way. He was Pennywise the Dancing Clown in It, which is personally responsible for at least two decades of coulrophobia for roughly half the population.

The man had range. Villain, comedic genius, cult icon — Tim Curry could do it all with a single raised eyebrow and that voice.

Fair warning: your kids are going to discover him eventually. When they do, just let it happen. Consider it a cultural rite of passage.

Tim Curry didn’t just play memorable characters — he became them in a way very few actors ever achieve.

The world is a little less dramatic today, and not in a good way.

Rest easy, legend. You absolutely earned it.

Tim Curry is survived by a filmography that will genuinely never get old.