his rare paparazzi photo captures a legendary actor at 79, seen in a quiet public moment years after a life-changing health event in 2012 2
Now in his late seventies and using a wheelchair, he carries himself with a disarming frankness about his condition. He does not romanticize suffering, nor does he indulge in it.His oft-quoted dismissal—“whining is a f—ing bore”—is not bravado, but philosophy. It reflects a lifelong resistance to self-pity, a refusal to let adversity rewrite his tone.
The flamboyance that once defined his onstage persona has not disappeared; it has simply condensed into something sharper, more distilled.
His wit remains intact, his voice—though altered—still capable of delivering that unmistakable blend of elegance and irreverence.
n his memoir Vagabond, Curry offers glimpses into this reconfigured life with the same sardonic clarity that made him iconic.
The title itself feels apt: not a wanderer in the physical sense anymore, but a traveler of memory, of thought, of perspective.
There is a quiet bravery in how he confronts limitation—not by denying it, but by integrating it into his identity without letting it dominate.
He acknowledges the realities: the paralysis on his left side, the gaps in short-term memory. Yet these are presented not as defining tragedies, but as conditions within a larger, ongoing narrative.
