Amy Winehouse found dead

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Amy Winehouse Dead

Troubled singer Amy Winehouse has been found dead in her North London home, Sky News is reporting. The Daily Mail reports that police have confirmed the passing.

The Grammy-winning singer, best known for her hit song, "Rehab," died of a suspected drug overdose, Nick Buckley of the Sunday Mirror tweeted. Tim Gatt, of Sky News, tweeted that her "death [is] being treated as unexplained by police."

She's battled drug addiction for years, having most recently checked back into rehabilitation in May.

Winehouse entered treatment in late 2007 for drug problems, including admitted heroin use.

Earlier in the day, Gatt tweeted a statement saying that she was withdrawing from all of her upcoming performances, writing, "Amy Winehouse is withdrawing from all scheduled performances. Everyone involved wishes to do everything they can to help her return to her best and she will be given as long as it takes for this to happen."

Winehouse has had previous near-death experiences, including one her ex-husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, described in detail back in 2009.
"I knelt over her as she kept on fitting. But then suddenly she just passed out and stopped breathing," he told The Sun (via NME). It was the most frightening thing I had ever seen. I felt sure I was watching her die right in front of me. I didn't know what to do or how to save her. I held her to me - and I thought she was dying in my arms. But somehow I managed to open her mouth and breathe air down her throat."
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In January, 2010, she pled guilty to assaulting a theater stage manager.
In 2008, after some confusion, a spokesperson for Winehouse confirmed that she had "early signs of what could lead to emphysema."

 

[Homo Erectus]

well that trainwreck has been a long time coming.

 

[whisky]

The surprise isn't so much that it happened, but that it took so long.

 

[Cassie]

Aww, I hoped she'd get herself together someday

 

[Homo Erectus]

Now everybody will be saying what a great artst she was and how sad it is that her troubled life led to this.

 

[Cassie]

I'm listening to Rehab .... YOU SHOULDA GONE TO REHAB

‪Amy Winehouse - Rehab‬‏ - YouTube

 

[Hambil]

She was a great artist, and it is sad her addiction led to this. She won a grammy. How exactly do you define great artist other than "I think they are great"?

 

[Homo Erectus]

meh. I'll stick with artists who don't drink and drug themselves to death and get bood off stage doing it.

 

[Gagh]

She was an exceptional vocal talent, but her destructive lifestyle more or less belittled every small achievement she had earned. She squandered her talent. No albums since 2006, owing to 6-7 years of hardcore substance abuse.

Peter Doherty is next, when he's out of prison.

 

[starguard]

I blame the people around her for her destructive habits.

Either way, she in a better place now!

 

[Homo Erectus]

yeah. Under six feet of dirt. how can that be a better place? I'll pass on the whole going to heaven thing. What you get is six feet of dirt piled on yoru head.

 

[jack]

Are you drunk, or is your keyboard malfunctioning?

 

[Fuddlemiff]

Steve Coogan killed her.

 

[whisky]

In 2009 I didn't kill Amy Winehouse.
In 2010 I didn't kill Amy Winehouse.
In 2011 I did kill Amy Winehouse.

 

[Dr Dave]

Not the best record ever.

 

[Eggs Mayonnaise]

But it IS a great record. And yeah, we all saw this coming, but it still sucks.

It is surprising to see words like "sudden" pop up in the news stories -- she's been on a 5-year slow decline. This is news I think people were oddly prepared to hear.

Comparisons to Billie Holiday may begin...now.

 

[jack]

Are you kidding?

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[Eggs Mayonnaise]

Not in terms of legacy, but of circumstances. Her style of singing makes it an easier comparison than if, say, a punk singer turned up dead.

 

[CaptainWacky]

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[Eggs Mayonnaise]

I guess the restorative properties of an essential oil bubble bath are limited after all.