Tim Curry has admitted he could suffer another stroke “at any time” and he “wouldn’t want to go through it again” because it made him so “vulnerable”.
Tim Curry could suffer another stroke “at any time”.
The 79-year-old actor has been left unable to walk and reliant on a team of carers after surviving a stroke 13 years ago and he’s admitted he “wouldn’t want” to go through the health crisis for a second time but it’s a possibility.
When asked if he worries about going through a similar situation again in the future, Curry told the Guardian newspaper: “I probably should [worry]. It could happen any time. I wouldn’t want to go through it again. Because it just makes you so f****** vulnerable.”
Curry is now reliant on a wheelchair to get around and cannot use his left arm, but he’s helped by a team of carers, saying of them: “They really take incredibly good care of me and make me laugh.”
He went on to reveal the worst thing about his condition is the loss of his short-term memory as it means he will never work on stage again. He added: “I can’t remember a f****** thing. I’m not sure that I could do theatre again.”
Curry’s father also suffered a stroke prior to his death and the actor admits he thought about his dad when suffered the same medical emergency back in 2012.
He told the publication: “It was an odd thing, because my father had a stroke and died very soon afterwards. I knew I had to force myself to relax and just take the opportunity to float a little … I did think about how he coped. He was very determined to not be a changed man for us, you know.”
Curry previously opened up about his health issues at a special screening of the Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles last month.
He told the audience: “I still can’t walk, which is why I’m in this silly chair, and that’s very limiting. So I won’t be singing and I won’t be dancing very soon.
“I still have real problems with my left leg.”
Curry also revealed he suffered the stroke during a massage and his therapist was the one who noticed something was wrong and called an ambulance.
He said: “I was having a massage at the time and I didn’t even actually notice anything, but the guy who was doing the massage said: ‘I’m worried about you, I want to call an ambulance’. And he did, and I said: ‘That’s so silly’.”
Tim Curry could suffer another stroke ‘at any time’
