BREAKING: Amy Winehouse Found Dead In London Flat

07/23/2011 by

amy winehouse dead BREAKING: Amy Winehouse Found Dead In London Flat

According to reports from The Daily Mail, Amy Winehouse has joined Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Brian Jones, and Jim Morrison in the Forever 27 Club. Reports indicate that Winehouse was found dead at 4 pm GMT in her London flat of “unexplained” causes, though the obvious deduction is “drug overdose.”

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Though Winehouse was more famous in recent years for her descent into drug and alcohol abuse and run-ins with the law, I hope to always remember Amy for her voice, which truly was a gift, to her and to those who heard it. I had always hoped, as bad as her problems with drugs and alcohol became, that she would one day recover and have an amazing comeback. My heart goes out to her family and her legions of fans. What a waste.

amy winehouse dead BREAKING: Amy Winehouse Found Dead In London Flat

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Snarky Amber pursued a degree in interdisciplinary studies in order to obtain a well-rounded perspective, which she now uses to make fun of people who make more money in a week than she stands to make in a lifetime.


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Filed Under: Amy Winehouse, Celebrity Addiction, Featured Story, R.I.P. Tagged With: amy winehouse, back to black, celebrity rehab, dead, drug overdose, Drugs, London
  • Suzy Q

    I wish this was surprising. As you said, what a waste.

  • Sharon

    So tragic. I was a huge fan of her music. She canceled her show in my city a number of years ago so that she could go to rehab. I always hoped she’d kick her addictions so that I could one day see her live. Such a waste, indeed.

  • http://daisybones.com daisybones

    Why does our world make it so hard to be a creative person? This is terribly sad- what a talent. My cynical reaction: She died a year “too soon” to join the club. Damn it, Amy.

    • http://snarkyamber.tumblr.com Snarky Amber

      She was born in September 1983, which made her 27 at the time of death, and just two months shy of beating the 27 curse, actually.

    • Karen

      There are actually plenty of creative people who do not make the choice to get hooked on drugs and alcohol. They just don’t make headlines.

  • http://www.sweetney.com Sweetney

    I think I’m going to have to stay off the Internet today. Already seeing jokes about this and people giving each other a hard time for being upset over ‘a junkie’s death’ because of the tragedy in Norway. Really, people? Is this a competition? Whose Sadness Is Most Justified? Fuck that self-righteous BS right in the ear. Do I not have the right to mourn my grandfather who I buried two weeks ago as well, because compared to Norway, his death is meaningless? Oh, okay. Thanks for that dose of “perspective.” Asshats.

    • http://www.sockmonkeypants.blogspot.com Andrea

      I’m with you, Tracey. Fuck that right in the ear. My grandfather passed away two weeks ago as well, and I have absolutely no time for self-righteous asshats who want to try and make me feel bad because I’m mourning him while larger tragedies are occurring all over the world. Amy Winehouse had friends and family and people who cared deeply about her too, and she wasn’t “just a junkie” to them.

    • http://www.sockmonkeypants.blogspot.com Andrea

      Also, my sincere condolences on your loss, Tracey. Losing someone you love sucks. Death is a bitch.

  • http://www.gooddayregularpeople.com Alexandra

    I am so sad that Amy Winehouse is gone.

    I remember the first time I heard her: a CD my niece gave me.

    I hadn’t heard her voice before, and I was so shocked to see that monster voice come out of that little body.

    It was a gift.

    I am so sad.

    So very sad.

  • http://www.MotherhoodinNYC.com Marinka

    What a tragic loss. Damn shame.

  • Amanda

    Cunning. Baffling. Powerful.

    So, so sad. RIP Amy Winehouse

  • Jayme

    I hate when people say someone who died a drug related death (presumably, in this case, although we don’t know for certain) deserved it or brought it on themselves. Addiction is not a choice: I sincerely doubt ANYONE would choose to live the life of an addict. Amy Winehouse was a powerhouse talent, soulful, honest, and raw, a true artist of a caliber rarely seen nowadays. She was also an addict, and struggled with demons that we are not in any position to judge. The latter should not cancel out the former. I for one, will miss her voice, her passion, and her music so very much. So sad, and a PROFOUND loss.

  • Jayme

    I hate when people say someone who died a drug related death (presumably, in this case, although we don’t know for certain) deserved it or brought it on themselves. Addiction is not a choice; I sincerely doubt that ANYONE would choose to live the life of an addict. Amy Winehouse was a powerhouse talent, soulful, honest, and raw, a true artist of a caliber rarely seen nowadays. She was also an addict, who struggled with her demons in a way that we are in no position to judge or dismiss. The latter should not cancel out the former.

    I, for one, will miss her voice, her passion, and her music so very much. So sad, and such a PROFOUND loss.

  • http://daisybones.com Daisybones

    Jayme, that’s one if the most eloquent things I’ve seen about her. She really had that raw power that hooks you the first listen.

    Re: my earlier comment, I certainly didn’t mean to paint creatives as weak junkies or anything. It IS difficult to be creative in a paycheck, workaday world, but much more so for the grand stage that Amy and so many other artists had to navigate. Fame drives and amplifies addiction and illness for people, it seems to me.

    Alternately, it is true we just don’t hear about every day folks whose pressures do them in.

    Anyway, it’s too soon for me to play sociologist… Let’s just mourn and honor her now.