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July 02, 2008

Ian Curtis gravestone stolen...

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The gravestone of former Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis has been stolen from a Cheshire cemetery.

Curtis was 23 when he hanged himself in the kitchen of his Macclesfield home in May 1980, shortly before the band were due to go on tour in the US.

Cheshire Police said his memorial stone was taken from where he is buried in Macclesfield Cemetery.

Officers are appealing for anyone with information on its whereabouts to contact them.

Detectives said the stone, which has the inscription “Ian Curtis 18 – 5 – 80” and the words “Love Will Tear Us Apart” was taken sometime between Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning.


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9 Comments

#1 anon says:

The world is full of douchebags.

#2 2RealEstateMidgets says:

OH COME THE FUCK ON YOU FUCKING ASSHOLES!

Well, they say that graverobbing is on the rise worldwide. Sigh.

#3 funny says:

I always thought Morrison's was going to go first

#4 check it out says:

Its for sale on eBay for 100,000

#5 Wynona Rider says:

Who would steal something like THAT?

#6 Steven Patrick Morrissey says:

disgusting.

#7 Interpol says:

we stole his headstone.

#8 Dennis Hopper says:

I agree with all of you. This is why I am getting cremated. I want my ashed dropped over Gary Busey's house just to fuck with him. That'll show that old fucker. I do not want my gravestone to turn out like that of Ian Curtis. I know people will want to steal me, dig me up and probably want to have intercourse with my dead corpse. Well FUCK THAT! NOT ME!

#9 PW says:

What would you care if someone had sex with your dead body, Hopper? You'd be DEAD. Though it is funny that you'd get more action in death than you do in life.


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