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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Milo Clay & Sophie Halle-Richards

The striking 'last ever' photo of Ian Curtis taken just days before his death

An original passport picture of Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis is thought to have been the last picture taken before his death.

The striking picture, which was taken just days before his untimely death in 1980 and signed by the iconic musician, has now been sold for thousands of pounds at auction.

The photo was taken at the Old Woolworths on Mill Street in his home town of Macclesfield and given to then road manager Terry Mason ahead of the Salford band's planned US tour, Cheshire Live reports.

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