Tim Curry — the original killer clown from the classic TV miniseries “It” — was still struggling to recover from a stroke as the big-screen adaptation of the Stephen King novel came to the multiplexes! Now the horror hit from 2017 is filming its second installment with Bill Skarsgård returning as the creepy clown Pennywise. The movie also renewed interest in the 1990 miniseries that found Tim a new following from fans too young to remember him from “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” Sadly, it seems that “It: Chapter Two” will be released with Tim still confined to a wheelchair. An upcoming Rhode Island appearance in Nov. also reveals that the struggling star remains unable to sign autographs in front of the adoring fans who still gather to see him at conventions. Get the inside story on the star’s health crisis, and click here for more celebrities with secret conditions that have friends fearing the worst…
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With the star struggling to take on film roles, Tim is making money posing with fans at occasional convention appearances. In a troubling twist, though,
The National ENQUIRER once caught
Tim still smoking even after being struck down by a stroke!
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The actor had first kept his medical crisis secret after
suffering the crippling stroke in July 2012 — but emerged in his wheelchair when honored with the Actors Fund Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015.
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Since then,
his struggle to recover has shocked both old and new fans — and that was even before the big-screen "It" remake brought Tim a new generation of followers!
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An April 2016 appearance at a New Jersey horror convention disturbed some onlookers. "He couldn't really sign autographs," said one eyewitness, "and could barely even smile for the photographs he was taking with fans!"
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Tim seemed more animated at a 2017 convention in Canada, and took the stage for a Q&A session — despite struggling for breath throughout the appearance.
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At the convention, he spoke of losing a role to
Mark Hamill as the voice of The Joker in an animated "Batman" series after falling ill with bronchitis — but even that didn't keep Tim from his killer cigarette habit!
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Recent appearances at other conventions have revealed that Tim remains in a wheelchair. "Tim says he's participating in a new 'It' documentary, and he's as sharp as ever," said an insider from Tim's appearance at an Arizona convention over the summer, "but it's a struggle just to pose with the fans!"
With the star struggling to take on film roles, Tim is making money posing with fans at occasional convention appearances. In a troubling twist, though,
The National ENQUIRER once caught
Tim still smoking even after being struck down by a stroke!
The actor had first kept his medical crisis secret after
suffering the crippling stroke in July 2012 — but emerged in his wheelchair when honored with the Actors Fund Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015.
Since then,
his struggle to recover has shocked both old and new fans — and that was even before the big-screen "It" remake brought Tim a new generation of followers!
Photo credit: Getty Images
An April 2016 appearance at a New Jersey horror convention disturbed some onlookers. "He couldn't really sign autographs," said one eyewitness, "and could barely even smile for the photographs he was taking with fans!"
Photo credit: Getty Images
Tim seemed more animated at a 2017 convention in Canada, and took the stage for a Q&A session — despite struggling for breath throughout the appearance.
Photo credit: Getty Images
At the convention, he spoke of losing a role to
Mark Hamill as the voice of The Joker in an animated "Batman" series after falling ill with bronchitis — but even that didn't keep Tim from his killer cigarette habit!
Photo credit: Getty Images
Recent appearances at other conventions have revealed that Tim remains in a wheelchair. "Tim says he's participating in a new 'It' documentary, and he's as sharp as ever," said an insider from Tim's appearance at an Arizona convention over the summer, "but it's a struggle just to pose with the fans!"
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