![]() That his plight was in some ways so apparently easy to relate to- finding the dreams of fame he harbored as a working-class youth in Macclesfield tarnished as he came closer and closer to the reality of stardom- makes it nearly impossible to separate his brief life from his work that his plight was simultaneously so alien- few people can understand the pain of contending with such a permanent, crippling disease- makes it harder still. ![]() Many artists have suffered untimely deaths, but few have been so broadly perceived as having their greatest achievements yet to come, as Curtis was. Unable to reconcile the strains of Joy Division's growing fame and impending tour of America with the stringent, idealistic demands of his own artistry, faced with a lifetime at the mercy of his worsening epilepsy, and dealing with a divorce from his wife less than a month earlier, on the morning of Sunday, May 18th, 1980, Curtis chased a viewing of Herzog's tragic Stroszek with liquor, pills, and finally hanged himself. This introduction is as inevitable as its subject: Ian Curtis took his own life.
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