Anthony Wilson of Factory Records has Died
Anthony Wilson, who managed Manchester bands Joy Division, New Order and Happy Mondays, has died.
The Manchester Evening News reported that the 57-year-old, who also co-founded Factory Records and the legendary Hacienda nightclub, died on Friday evening at the Christie Hospital after suffering a heart attack this week.
He had been battling kidney cancer, but the newspaper quoted his doctor, Professor Robert Hawkins, as saying:
"It's very sad. He died as a result of something unrelated to his cancer. His cancer was responding well to...
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