This is sad to hear. Amy Winehouse was found dead in her home.
Amy Winehouse, the beehived soul-jazz diva whose self-destructive habits overshadowed a distinctive musical talent, was found dead Saturday in her London home, police said. She was 27.Sad to lose such a talent.
Winehouse shot to fame with the album "Back to Black," whose blend of jazz, soul, rock and classic pop was a global hit. It won five Grammys and made Winehouse — with her black beehive hairdo and old-fashioned sailor tattoos — one of music's most recognizable stars.
Police confirmed that a 27-year-old female was pronounced dead at the home in Camden Square northern London; the cause of death was not immediately known. London Ambulance Services said Winehouse had died before the two ambulance crews it sent arrived at the scene.
"I didn't go out looking to be famous," Winehouse told the Associated Press when "Back to Black" was released. "I'm just a musician."
But in the end, the music was overshadowed by fame, and by Winehouse's demons. Tabloids lapped up the erratic stage appearances, drunken fights, stints in hospital and rehab clinics. Performances became shambling, stumbling train wrecks, watched around the world on the Internet.
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Anna Nicole all over again.
ReplyDeleteOk, when I first heard of her it was because her Rehab song had just come out.
ReplyDeleteI saw the vid and my RSS feeds had some pix. I said she'd be dead in about a year. I hate it when I'm right like that.
When I heard she got out of rehab not long ago I knew this was the only possible outcome. I'm expecting the same from Lindsay Lohan and JaMarcus Russell someday.
ReplyDeleteBy the by is just joined the 27 club. There's Jimmy ,Janice , Kurt......
ReplyDeleteSad, but not surprising. May she rest in peace.
ReplyDeleteWe don't know yet that she died from drugs. Looking at how slim and practically anorexic she looked, she may have had heart failure due to malnutrition. Granted this would be a side effect of her drug use, but let's not assume it was drugs that took her out. It may have been the after effects the drugs had on her body. Still sad none the less. As Vik said, so much talent gone way too soon.
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