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Rocky Horror star Tim Curry's cause of death revealed as coronary artery disease

The British actor had significant conditions, cited on his death certificate in Los Angeles County.

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Summary based on reporting from BBC News and Billboard.

Coverage at a glance

  • First observed by CurrentWire: Billboard · Sep 2, 2026 at 6:06 PM ET
  • Coverage span: 1h 40m
  • Coverage: 2 reports from 2 independent publications
  • Coverage growth: 1 → 2 publications in 5h 29m
Rocky Horror star Tim Curry's cause of death revealed as coronary artery disease
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Automated coverage analysis

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Source mix

2 independent editorial domains

What coverage breadth measures

All-time coverage

4 publications have covered this story since CurrentWire first saw it: BBC News, Billboard, Variety, Deadline.

Coverage

2 publications are covering this story.

How coverage developed

  1. Story updateCoverage went from 1 to 2 sources

  2. First report from Billboard

  3. Story updateHeadline updated

  4. Story updateBillboard joined coverage

  5. Reported by BBC News

  6. Story updateHeadline updated

  7. Story updateBBC News joined coverage

  8. Story updateHeadline updated

How CurrentWire compiled this story

BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk), a Tier A publisher, filed this report on . CurrentWire published this page on .

Signal breakdown

CurrentWire ranked this story 66.3 of 100 in the snapshot this page was rendered from.

Freshness
17.8 of 35
Source authority
20 of 20
Coverage breadth
8.5 of 20
Geographic relevance
10 of 10
Story prominence
10 of 10
Velocity
0 of 5

Strongest signal: source authority, 20 of 20. How each signal is calculated.

Filed under Health · United States · News. Topics extracted from this report, with other live CurrentWire stories mentioning each: Tim Curry's (none), Curry Cause (none), Death Revealed (none).

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