Ian Curtis

Acting

12 Movies 5 TV Shows

Born

July 15, 1956

Died

May 18, 1980

Place of Birth

Stretford, Lancashire, England

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Biography

Ian Kevin Curtis (15 July 1956 – 18 May 1980) was an English singer, songwriter and musician. He was the lead singer, songwriter, and occasional guitarist of the band Joy Division, with whom he released the albums Unknown Pleasures (1979) and Closer (1980). Curtis had severe epilepsy and depression and died by suicide on the eve of Joy Division's first North American tour, shortly before the rele…