I just read that Tony Wilson died earlier this week. Here's an appreciation from Slate. Also photos and coverage from a 25th anniversary exhibition earlier this summer. Thanks to 24 Hour Party People (which I agree is probably the best rock biopic evah), I'll always think of Tony Wilson and Steve Coogan together. In fact, when I see Coogan in other movies (most recently Hot Fuzz) I usually think, "hey, it's that Tony Wilson guy"

ETA: Here's the (to me, at least) surprisingly positive NYTimes obit. They badly mangle the musical history but do mention Factory's habit of assigning catalog numbers to every-damn-thing they did.