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| The gravestone of former Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis has been stolen from a Cheshire cemetery. | The gravestone of former Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis has been stolen from a Cheshire cemetery. |
| Curtis was 23 when he hanged himself in the kitchen of his Macclesfield home in May 1980, shortly before the band were due to go on tour in the US. | Curtis was 23 when he hanged himself in the kitchen of his Macclesfield home in May 1980, shortly before the band were due to go on tour in the US. |
| Cheshire Police said his memorial stone was taken from where he is buried in Macclesfield Cemetery. | Cheshire Police said his memorial stone was taken from where he is buried in Macclesfield Cemetery. |
| Officers are appealing for anyone with information on its whereabouts to contact them. | Officers are appealing for anyone with information on its whereabouts to contact them. |
| Detectives said the stone, which has the inscription "Ian Curtis 18 - 5 - 80" and the words "Love Will Tear Us Apart" was taken sometime between Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning. | |
| A police spokesman said: "There is no CCTV in the area and there are no apparent leads as to who is responsible for the theft. | A police spokesman said: "There is no CCTV in the area and there are no apparent leads as to who is responsible for the theft. |
| "This is a very unusual theft and I am confident that someone locally will have knowledge about who is responsible or where the memorial stone is at present." | "This is a very unusual theft and I am confident that someone locally will have knowledge about who is responsible or where the memorial stone is at present." |
| Although the band reformed into New Order after Curtis's death in 1980, there has been an upsurge of interest in its work. | |
| An acclaimed biopic about Curtis, called Control, was released in 2007 and a film documentary, called simply Joy Division, was released earlier this year. |