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Touching from a Distance is a biography written by Deborah Curtis. It details her life and marriage with Ian Curtis, lead singer of the 1970s British post-punk band Joy Division.
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Oct 8, 2014 · Joy Division singer Ian Curtis’ widow Deborah Curtis has admitted that she felt “angry” and “humiliated” when she found out that ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ was written about her.
Feb 10, 2021 · Two different interviews from Deborah Curtis, the widow of Ian Curtis, the frontman for Joy Division. In these interviews she talks about their marriage, his...
Oct 13, 2014 · Deborah Curtis, the widow to Joy Division’s Ian Curtis, has compiled a book of his original handwritten lyrics along with journalist Jon Savage.
May 17, 2024 · When it was first published 10 years ago, Deborah’s memoir, Touching From A Distance, gave the first intimate and detailed picture of the singer’s life. It was an intensely moving book (and soon to be turned into the film Control). Ian Curtis was 16 when Deborah first met him.
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Mar 24, 2014 · In Touching from a Distance, Curtis's widow, Deborah, explains the drama of his life and the tragedy of his death. Includes discography, gig list, and a full set of Curtis's lyrics, some of which appear in print for the first time.
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May 18, 2020 · The death of Ian Curtis of Joy Division, who hanged himself in his kitchen aged 23 on the eve of an American tour – the culmination of spiralling depression, worsening epilepsy and marital ...
Oct 26, 2014 · Deborah Curtis has filled that void. Far from being mythic, however, it is a work of compelling and painful truth. Although she admits that “if somebody kills themselves, they have the last...
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Oct 16, 2014 · Touching from a Distance documents how, with a wife, child and impending international fame, Curtis was seduced by the glory of an early grave. Regarded as the essential book on the essential...
In Touching From a Distance, Deborah Curtis retells the life of her husband, Ian Curtis - the lead singer and founder of the British punk band Joy Division. Deborah chronically Ian's tragically short life from childhood antics, to secondary school indifference and the start of his obsessions with striking it big and dying young.
