What is Ian Curtis?
'''Ian Kevin Curtis''' (15 July 1956 – 18 May 1980) was the singer of the [[post-punk]] band [[Joy Division]].<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/dark-star-the-final-days-of-ian-curtis-by-his-joy-division-bandmates-394281.html |title=Dark star: The final days of Ian Curtis by his Joy Division bandmates - Features, Music - The Independent |work=independent.co.uk |accessdate=17 December 2010 }}</ref> He was born in [[Stretford]], [[Lancashire]] and grew up in [[Macclesfield]], [[Cheshire]]. He suffered with [[epilepsy]]<ref>http://www.joydiv.org/iancurtis.htm Retrieved 7/12/10.</ref> and committed [[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== {{Reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Curtis, Ian}} [[Category:1956 births]] [[Category:1980 deaths]] [[Category:English guitarists]] [[Category:English rock musicians]] [[Category:English singer-songwriters]] [[Category:Musicians from Cheshire]] [[Category:Musicians from Lancashire]] [[Category:Musicians who committed suicide]] [[Category:Suicides by hanging in the United Kingdom]]