Tim Curry (attorney)

Timothy Cullen Curry (September 18, 1938 – April 24, 2009) was an American attorney who served as the District Attorney of Tarrant County, Texas from 1972 until his death in 2009.

Tim Curry
District Attorney of Tarrant County, Texas
In office
1972–2009
Personal details
Born
Timothy Cullen Curry

September 18, 1938
Tulia, Swisher County
Texas, USA
DiedApril 24, 2009(2009-04-24) (aged 70)
Fort Worth, Texas
Political partyDemocrat-turned-Republican (1990)
Alma materTexas Christian University
Baylor Law School
OccupationLawyer

Curry was selected to run for District Attorney of Tarrant County after the original choice for nominee backed out just before the 1972 election. Curry was 34 years old when he took office on November 27, 1972.[1] Curry was first elected as a Democrat but switched to the Republican Party in 1990, along with other Tarrant County elected officials who followed a change in the political leanings there. Curry died on April 24, 2009, at the age of 70 of complications of brain and stomach cancer.[2]

The Tarrant County justice center was renamed to Tim Curry Criminal Justice Center shortly after his death.[3]

Curry was the prosecutor in the trial of oilman T. Cullen Davis.

References
  1. "Tarrant County DA Tim Curry Dies" Archived 2009-04-25 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Veteran Tarrant DA Tim Curry dead at 70" Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Emily, Jennifer. "Tarrant County justice center to be renamed after longtime district attorney Tim Curry". Retrieved 2016-08-18.
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