Joy Division’s singer and primary songwriter hanged himself on May 18, 1980. Suicides are, of course, always sad—much more so when they are committed by those so young and full of promise. Curtis may have had a self-destructive and alienating nature about him, but he certainly had a lot of good things to offer as well.
In related news: Moby plans to produce a film about Ian Curtis’s life and death. I expect it to be whitewashed and mainstreamed, though, just like everything else Moby does. Jeers.