Very sad, very unsurprising news to pass along today … reports out of London claim that troubled singer Amy Winehouse was found dead in her home at around 4PM local time. Information about Amy‘s death is breaking now so not much detail is yet known … but both Sky News and Reuters are reporting her [...]
Very sad, very unsurprising news to pass along today … reports out of London claim that troubled singer Amy Winehouse was found dead in her home at around 4PM local time. Information about Amy‘s death is breaking now so not much detail is yet known … but both Sky News and Reuters are reporting her death on Twitter. [UPDATE] The Daily Mail has a bit more info regarding Amy‘s death and the events this week leading up to it. Click below to read more.
Amy Winehouse has been found dead at her home in London, it has been reported. The Back To Black singer was apparently found at 4pm and her death is believed to be unexplained. Winehouse had been seen with her goddaughter Dionne Bromfield earlier this week as the teenager took to the stage at the iTunes festival. While she didn’t perform any tracks, Winehouse apparently begged the crowds to buy Dionne’s album. A source said: ‘Amy staggered onstage and grabbed the mic to beg the crowd to buy her protege’s new album.’ Winehouse’s appearance at the concert came after she cancelled her European tour following a disastrous performance in June when she stumbled onto the stage in Belgrade and gave an incoherent performance appearing very disorientated and removed from reality. Following the concert which saw fans enraged and the subsequent video that circulated to millions she cancelled the remaining dates of her European tour. A statement released by the troubled singer’s spokesperson said that the 27-year-old would be given ‘as long as it takes’ to recover. The statement read: ‘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.’
[UPDATE 2] From BBC:
Singer Amy Winehouse, 27, has been found dead at her north London home. A Metropolitan Police spokesman confirmed that a 27-year-old woman had died in Camden and that the cause of death was as yet unexplained. London Ambulance Service said it had been called to the flat at 1554 BST and sent two vehicles but the woman died. The troubled singer had a long battle with drink and drugs which overshadowed her recent musical career. She pulled out of a comeback tour last month. Last month, the north Londoner pulled out of the European tour after she was jeered at the first gig in Serbia for appearing too drunk to perform. For 90 minutes, she mumbled through parts of songs and at times left the stage – leaving her band to fill in. Winehouse had won widespread acclaim, aged 20, with her 2003 debut album, Frank. But it was 2006′s Back to Black which brought her worldwide stardom, winning five Grammy Awards.
What is most sad of all is that every single person with any passing knowledge of Amy Winehouse cannot be surprised in the least by this news. For years, we have seen the poor woman spiral further and further down from the heights of stardom to the depths of drug and alcohol addiction. Countless times we have seen evidence of her extremely poor state and, time and time again, her handlers let her carry on with performances or in-person appearances hoping that she would sort herself out. Just last month we saw video footage of Amy COMPLETELY effed out of her mind on stage in Serbia. It was painfully clear … her end was near. But, despite the unsurprising nature of her death (which, I would be money, will turn out to be a drug overdose or complications due to drug abuse), it is extremely sad to learn of her passing. Amy was an insane talent. She will be missed.
[UPDATE 3] Video of Amy Winehouse‘s last performance ever has come to light:
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