The world is still mourning the tragic death of the multi-talentedTim Curry aged 80.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show actor known for loving playing the villain had struggled with ill health towards the end of his life.
After a stroke in 2012 left him partially paralysed, the actor retreated from the spotlight.
Dispatch audio obtained by TMZ revealed police responded to a death investigation last Tuesday at Curry’s home in Los Angeles.
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Documents seen by People magazine have now revealed that Curry died of coronary artery disease.
The actor’s long history of strokes with kidney cancer were also listed as potential contributors to his death.
Coronary heart disease happens when your heart’s blood supply is blocked or interrupted by a build-up of fatty substances in the coronary arteries.
Over time, the walls of your arteries can become furred up with fatty deposits. This process is known as atherosclerosis and the fatty deposits are called atheroma.
Atherosclerosis can be caused by lifestyle factors, such as smoking and regularly drinking excessive amounts of alcohol.
The main symptoms of coronary heart disease are:
But not everyone has the same symptoms and some people may not have any before coronary heart disease is diagnosed.
Curry gave rare insight into his health problems in October at a special screening last to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Academy Museum in LA, revealing ‘real problems’.
‘I still can’t walk, which is why I’m in this silly chair, and that’s very limiting,’ he told the audience at the event, adding: ‘So I won’t be singing and I won’t be dancing very soon. I still have real problems with my left leg.’
He also gave more detail about his stroke, sharing that he had been having a massage and hadn’t realised that anything unusual was occurring.
