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Originally posted by domfjbrown:
Apologies for my ignorance here - but is Deborah Curtis Ian's mum, or his wife? (wasn't her walking out on him just before he went to the States one of the reasons he hung himself - or have I misread the 24HPP movie? I really should get that book - I've a fiver book token somewhere I could use towards it...
Finally - "Low life" by New Order's not a bad album either, but no-one can diss "Blue Monday" - the best 12inch ever (probably next to "Transmission", that is, now I know it exists!!!)
Dom
Debbie was IC's wife. He was actually having an affair with a Belgian woman, and it was the stress caused by this, coupled with epilepsy (and the debilitating effects of the drugs he took for it), along with depression, that caused him to take his own life in May 1980.
Touching From A Distance is well worth getting - it's a moving and unflinching portait of a complex man which goes a long way towards destroying many of the myths about IC and JD. For example, Curtis was a Tory voter who forced Debbie to vote that way too! Ian's daughter Natalie, who I met a couple of years ago, is a charming and intelligent young woman (26) who is carving out quite a successful career for herself as a photographer. Although she never knew her dad, she is very proud of him (rightly) and she looks almost exactly like him!
Kevin
