Richard O'Brien is drawing 52x more Wikipedia traffic than normal

What this article is

Richard O'Brien is a British and New Zealand actor, writer and singer. He wrote the musical stage show The Rocky Horror Show in 1973, which has remained in continuous production. He also co-wrote the screenplay along with director Jim Sharman for the film adaptation, The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), and appeared on-screen as Riff Raff. O'Brien co-wrote the musical film Shock Treatment (1981) and appeared on-screen as Dr. Cosmo McKinley.

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What changed that day

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• The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975 musical comedy horror film by Jim Sharman
• Lou Adler American record producer (born 1933)

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