Joy Division singer's headstone stolen

Joy Division singer's headstone stolen - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Macclesfield Borough Council's Bill North said he is shocked by the theft.

"Someone's gone to a great deal of trouble to remove the memorial stone and I hope our appeal will help return it as soon as possible," he said.

Curtis's widow Debbie had been informed, the council said.

Police Inspector Gareth Woods said the theft is unusual.

"I am confident that someone locally will have knowledge about who is responsible or where the memorial stone is at present," said

Curtis returned to prominence after two films about his life were released last year.

 

incredible. Some nutter again. I hope they will catch him soon .

 

That's just sick.

 

Sick bastards!

 

Although I agree that it is a sick act, I cannot help but think that Ian Curtis would have approved. Anyone that chronically depressed would have appreciated and expected the desecration, in general, and it might have made him feel good to be the cause of it!

 

DG,

I've heard it said that funerals are not for the dead, but for the living. If this is true, then it is doubly so for headstones.

 

No arguments from me. I was just trying to point out the irony.