Tim Curry is the new rank 2 Wikipedia article on August 27, 2026, a day after his manager confirmed the actor died at 80 in Los Angeles. Dolly Parton remains rank 1. Toxic (2026 film), the Yash gangster picture that opened August 26, is a new rank 3. Versus August 26, Jed York, Shelley Fabares, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Kwanza Jones, and José E. Feliciano left the top 10.
Top trending articles on Wikipedia: August 27
Dolly Parton: Country singer who died August 25 at 80 at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. The article holds rank 1 for a second day. Family pages for Stella, Rachel, and Randy Parton sit at ranks 7 through 9.
Tim Curry: English actor (April 19, 1946 to August 25, 2026) best known for The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Wikipedia records the death at 10:42 p.m. in Toluca Lake. The article was not in the August 26 top 10.
Toxic (2026 film): Kannada and English gangster film directed by Geetu Mohandas, starring Yash in a dual role. Wikipedia lists a August 26 worldwide release, a 194-minute runtime, and an estimated budget of 500 to 1,000 crore. Hindustan Times tracked a rough opening despite negative reviews.
List of Tim Curry performances: Filmography companion to the new rank 2 article. Readers moving from the obituary to credits pushed this page into rank 4. It was absent yesterday.
Kuku Kohli: Indian director of Phool Aur Kaante, which launched Ajay Devgn in 1991. Times of India reported he died August 25 at 77 after a cardiac arrest at Kokilaben Hospital in Mumbai. Funeral rites were August 26 at Oshiwara Crematorium.
Deaths in 2026: Recurring index page for notable deaths. It slips from rank 3 to rank 6 as individual obituaries take traffic.
Stella Parton: Dolly Parton's sister and country singer. The page stays in the cluster that formed after August 25.
Rachel Parton George: Another Parton sibling page, new to the top 10 on August 27.
Randy Parton: Dolly Parton's brother. Rank 9 yesterday as well.
Hayden Panettiere: Actress whose August 16 death kept her on this board for days. The page falls from rank 6 to rank 10. A Wikipedia trending API series for Curry and Parton collapsed on the 7D window, so no growth clause is attached.
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What changed on Wikipedia since yesterday
New entrants: Tim Curry (2), Toxic (2026 film) (3), List of Tim Curry performances (4), Kuku Kohli (5), Rachel Parton George (8).
Big movers: Deaths in 2026 from 3 to 6; Hayden Panettiere from 6 to 10.
Drop-offs: Jed York (was 2), Shelley Fabares (was 4), Spider-Man: Brand New Day (was 5), Kwanza Jones (was 7), José E. Feliciano (was 10).
What today's Wikipedia board reveals
English Wikipedia is running an obituary stack, not a movie-release stack. Dolly Parton plus three family articles occupy four of ten slots. Tim Curry plus his filmography occupy two more. Kuku Kohli adds a third death from August 25.
Toxic at rank 3 is the exception: a same-week theatrical opening, not an obituary. Jed York's arrest page, which led the August 26 board after Parton, is already gone. That is how fast a news biography falls once two entertainment deaths land.
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