Ian Curtis

Ian Kevin Curtis (15 July 1956 – 18 May 1980) was the singer of the post-punk band Joy Division. He was born in Stretford, Lancashire and grew up in Macclesfield, Cheshire. He suffered with epilepsy and died by suicide by hanging in Macclesfield in May 1980, aged 23, after the illness became severe. After this, Joy Division broke up. In 2007, a film about Curtis' life, named Control, was released. It made $8,159,508 and won five British Independent Film Awards.

References

  1. ↑ "Dark star: The final days of Ian Curtis by his Joy Division bandmates - Features, Music - The Independent". independent.co.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
  2. ↑ http://www.joydiv.org/iancurtis.htm Retrieved 7/12/10.