BREAKING NEWS: Singer Amy Winehouse found dead in her London home - Sky News. Develop
 

Just posted on MSN. So sad to hear. I pray it wasn't from drugs.

I can almost assure you it was. She was definitely a very tortured addict. I don't think the media singling her out helped her cause either. I think this is such an unfortunate tragedy... both her albums were really fantastic. I was really hoping for more music from her. :distress:

Agreed--I can't imagine it was unrelated to her drug use. Needless to say, "Rehab" will be unlistenable for some time.
What a horrible waste. She really had a talent. RIP.

It had to have been. She just became the newest member of the 27 Club. This is so incredibly sad. I'm a huge fan. I could cry right now.

Some of my personal Amy favorites:







And my all time fave directed by David LaChapelle:

Can't say that I'm surprised......AT ALL. Girl was a mess....RIP amy. I hope you're at peace.

Mick

Very sad, but not suprising at all, especially not after those recent concert clips on YouTube... R.I.P

Her last ever tweet read:

''oinka oikna oinka why you awake ''
that was about 14hours ago.

So sad.
The business killed her..same with Michael Jackson..money being placed before people

I agree Bryan. Here's what I tweeted on the sad news:

Innocuous poseurs like Adele and Duffy made Amy Winehouse expendable--but SHE was the artist, and her exploited humanity sang for our own.



RIP, Amy. I hope the Mac cuts a Hawaiian-infused album in honor of your now-lost potential.

damn you shocked me with taht news.
That is so sad. She has so much talent and it is so sad and tragic that she wasted it killing herself with all that drugs and lost her life that early...
:distress: poor girl....

Amy Winehouse Dead at Age 29
 

27, I'm sorry...

Wow, I feel so grateful that Stevie has made it so many decades past 27, and for all her amazing music...

http://omg.yahoo.com/news/amy-wineho...rs-death/67893

Your tweet is so very true.They duplicated her because she wasn't well enough to capitalise on anymore..and when they tried to all over again..they killed her.
With live in Belgrade the writing was truly on the wall.Booking a European ''comeback'' tour without a record to support?! I wish the whole business to come crashing down it's disgusting

I disagree with this. Her addictions have only been a hindrance to her earning potential since Back to Black, so I'm sure her management would have loved to get her sober. Her disease was her own, and addiction killed her--not the business.

It's horribly sad that she couldn't shake off her demons, but I tend to believe that an addict's choices aren't the responsibility of anyone else. Controversial topic, of course; mileage will vary.

Ugh! This news makes me ill. Such a tragic waste & so sad Amy couldn't pull herself together.

Such a tragedy. :distress: I'm very upset. I was a fan of hers from the very beginning, but her troubles were massive and great in number. Oh that voice...

"Is there anything left to say?" Very sad, indeed. :(

Watch the entire Live in Belgrade..then try that again.
"Earning potential" ? Money money money -that is why she's dead.
An artist becomes a business,that is the problem.

It's sad to see this happen to anybody.especially at 27 years old.I did not know who was Amy Winehouse after you guys introduce me to her music years ago on here.To respect her fans and family.Rip.

UMMM......her family will feel the loss. I do agree nobody to blame but Amy. SHE had the problem......no one else. It's always tragic but she chose her road.,

Mick

I feel some sympathy for Amy, but Ryan Dunn? Absolutely none. H0w can anyone praise a man who killed himself and another dude drink driving? :shrug:

Thank God no one in Fleetwood Mac could ever be described as a "junkie." :rolleyes:

I wonder if people will be so unsympathetic when Danny Kirwan goes.

I wonder if Stevie will comment about this on up coming interviews.

It's sad. But at the same time in Norway a rightwing extremist shoots more than 80 kids between 14 and 18 years old. Sorry, it's not to compare. But THAT is shocking. And sometimes I don't understand America. What's the breaking news on the chitchat Ledge?

I agree with that & calling her Amy Winehoar was uncalled for! Rude...

Yeah, I just knew it was a matter of time. Another waste of talent.

They posted this article on MSNBC. Now this is just weird & sad.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/438665...entertainment/

Lee :distress:

She was talented, but I feel that this news was just waiting to happen.
Now we have another member of the 27 club.
RIP

Ha Ha. :laugh: So true. This could have easily been Stevie's fate. And, if at 27 that would have been in 1975 really before the "new" FM hit it big

Well I don't know about "junkie". Only Welch was an heroin addict.

Junkie - a narcotics addict, especially one using heroin.

Oh and I'm having a day listening to Amy. So sad but I do remember saying several years back that she wouldn't make it past 27. Not like we couldn't all see it coming. Still sad though... :distress:

Singer Amy Winehouse found dead in her London home
 

Its very sad news to hear that Amy Winehouse has died.Being only 27 years old is to young to die.She was a very talented but tortured with addictions and destructive behavior.RIP Amy

So very sad and tragic. RIP Amy. I was worried about her wellbeing somewhat like was I worried about Stevie during her days of addiction. Seeing Stevie during 'The Dance' era looking cleaned up and with it sort of lifted that worry forever. But there is still a very small chance that Amy may have died from a freak accident or natural causes. I willing to bet that alcohol played a large part in her demise.

Yes she wasn't into it at the time,am I right.It was a couple of years into FM.In the 1980's was scary when Stevie got into trouble with that crap when she went to the Betty Ford Clinic.I think I cried when that happed.CBS news had a story tonight about Amy.They show a clip of her concert early this year.She was out of it at the concert and forgot the words.How sad.This clip reminds me of the movie "Coal Miners Daughter" The Loretta Lynn story.In the movie they showed Loretta played by Sissy Spacek doing drugs .I think it was sleeping pills.At a performance she was out of it and forgot the words of her hit tune.Also the movie the Rose with Bette Midler.It's sad these artist get involve with the bottle and drugs.We've lost alot of great one because of this stinkin' habit that taken their lifes at a young age.Fame and fortune pays a price.

I don't think Stevie ever had the extreme personality/mental issues that Amy Winehouse had. Stevie's addictions/problems were never at the levels that Amy's were. So many variables come in to play in these situations, with regard to nature/nuture, and the support systems you have around you.

I had hope that Amy would been cleaned up and in better shape when I heard that she was preparing for a tour in Europe. But when I saw the clips of her in Belgrade, and how tragic she was, my heart sank. I knew she was not long for this earth, but her death was still a shock. I was angry that her management even allowed her get on stage in that condition. Money/greed was the primary concern, with absolutely no regard for her.

When the tour was canceled, and she went home, I wonder what took place then. Was the anyone there who cared enough to try to help her? Clearly she was in a serious crisis. Did she not have anybody around concerned enough to take some kind of measures, or have a plan? Still, the damage she had already inflicted on herself was bound to catch up with her sooner than later.

I hate that people ridicule and easily dismiss her(because of her drug habits), with absolutely no sense of empathy. Addiction is most often a symtom of other issues. It's not so black and white. and it doesn't matter what your status is in life -- rich or poor, intelect or lack there of. Certain people in certain circumtances are more vulnerable to it than others. By no means does it relect on the integrity of her soul or her immense artistic talent. The reality is: many people indulge moderately in recreational drugs/alcohol and lead healthy, balanced, successful lives. Humans have sought altered states of consciousness since the days of cave men. There is nothing inherantly wrong with that.

Amy was amazing singer and smart lyricist, with highly sophisticated musical references. It's so sad to that she couldn't push through beyond her demons. She's left us with small but precious body of work to cherish, yet her potential was so vast. We lost a great artist.

I don't really get why people (especially on Facebook) are getting on their high horses about Norway. Is it not possible to be sad about both? Or are we supposed to just sweep Amy's death under the carpet because more people died somewhere else? In that case we shouldn't remember Elvis, or Michael Jackson, or Kurt Cobain, or Janis Joplin, or Jimi Hendrix, or Jim Morrison, or.... I could go on, all had a huge talent and threw it all away.

PenguinHead and jay, very well said.

I can't pretend I was ever a huge fan, but I did always have a soft spot for her - there was no doubting she had a very special talent but was struggling with some very serious personal difficulties. Today, I've seen people dismiss her as a 'no-talent junkie' and 'no great loss to the world'. Really, more saddening than her death has been the sheer callousness of some people. If you have nothing nice to say and all that...

I wasn't a huge fan but I did love her voice. Back to Black was a sublime album. Personally I wasn't shocked as such, just deeply saddened by the news. I've been saying that we've been watching her kill herself slowly for years and unfortunately, it's finally happened.

My thoughts are with her fans, family and friends at this awful time :(

Apparently we are all supposed to be mourning people in Norway right now. You know what though, I can't mourn everyone who dies because, frankly, I don't have the hours in the day.

The other day I was watching a documentary about video footage that was being secretly sent out of North Korea. There was footage of a young woman who was scrounging for food, slowly starving to death (and she died a few days after the footage was shot). For some reason every time I shut my eyes at night I see her face. You know what, I don't think I can fit Norwegians in right now. It was sad it was a tragedy, and I'm appalled about it though, I'm not that callous.

I'm sad about Amy too, because I loved her music, she touched my life and brought pleasure to it. Hence, this is why I feel the loss of her death.

I can't be sad about someone who hasn't influence my life in some way. Personally, it is heatbreaking to see someone die so young, but she wasn't willing to clean up and straighten up. How can I mourn someone who seemed like she wanted to die more than she wanted to live?