Former Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis's headstone was stolen last night from Macclesfield Cemetery in Cheshire, England.
The stone, which bore the inscription: "Ian Curtis 18-5-80" and "Love Will Tear Us Apart" was stolen between Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning.
There are no apparent leads, but officers are asking that if anyone has any information, they should contact them.
Joy Division has recently become more well-known and popular due to a biopic about Curtis, "Control", and a documentary released this year.
Curtis hung himself at the age of 23, in the kitchen of his home in May 1980.
Posted on 07/02/2008
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wow, that really sux! people can be so mean.
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who the crap does stuff like this? I totally understand having a type of "bond" with a band or insane love of a song but stuff like that is freaking redick! That kinda along the lines of Jim Morrion's grave in France. There was so much vandalism and drug parefinillia (sp?) that they we're patitioning to have him exumed and moved elsewear...Damn the over the top fanatics, the jerks!
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there are some sick and weird people out there.
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"Paraphernalia", friendlyfire
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That's sickening.