Ian Curtis' Gravestone Stolen

03 July 2008
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The memorial stone from the late Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis has been stolen from his final resting place at the Macclesfield cemetery. The headstone (see it below) is visited by thousands of fans every year, paying their respects to the singer who committed suicide in 1980, at the age of 23, by hanging himself in the kitchen of his Macclesfield home shortly before the band was due to go on tour in the USA...

Ian Curtis memorial

Source: uncut.co.uk