Updated: 7-25-2011 @1:42pm
Autopsy results for Amy Winehouse are inconclusive at this time, and toxicology reports may have to determine the cause of her death.
"According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Metropolitan Police will investigate her death, which was given a "Section 20" postmortem, which means they have reason to believe the death was violent or suspicious. That being said, it was earlier Monday reported that police did not find any reason for suspicion. The inquest, as the investigation is known, is being closed until October 26th so that investigators can look into the death; toxicology test results are expected in 2-4 weeks," reported Huffpost Entertainment.
It has been alleged by her friends that Amy was on a bender for weeks and that she died of a combination of alcohol and ecstacy. Her mother confirmed that Amy was "out of it" just a day before the death according to Huffpost Entertainment.
We will have to wait until the tox reports to come back to see if Amy did in fact die of drug abuse. However, many believe the singer's death is the result of that anyway.
Either way, her death is mourned by many, and her contribution to music, however cut short it is, will live on in her prior recordings as well as by the way it has touche so many lives.
Will keep you updated as this story continues.
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Amy Winehouse has been found dead Saturday, July 23rd, 2011 in London under conditions that are still being investigated.
A press release from the Metropolitan Police, which doesn't specifically name Winehouse, says:
"Police were called by London Ambulance Service to an address in Camden Square NW1 shortly before 16.05hrs today, Saturday 23 July, following reports of a woman found deceased. On arrival officers found the body of a 27-year-old female who was pronounced dead at the scene. Enquiries continue into the circumstances of the death. At this early stage it is being treated as unexplained," reported TMZ.com.
Winehouse, born September 14, 1983, a singer/songwriter, was 27 years old.
"Winehouse's 2003 debut album, Frank was critically successful in the UK and was nominated for the Mercury Prize. Her 2006 follow-up album, Back to Black, led to six Grammy Award nominations and five wins, tying the record for the most wins by a female artist in a single night, and made Winehouse the first British singer to win five Grammys,[10][11] including three of the "Big Four": Best New Artist, Record of the Year and Song of the Year. On 14 February 2007, she won a BRIT Award for Best British Female Artist; she had also been nominated for Best British Album," according to Wikipedia.com.
Amy's battles with substance abuse have been fodder for the media and gained a lot of attention. In several interviews she admitted to self-harm, depression and eating disorders according to the BBC and Rolling Stone Magazine. In 2005, Winehouse was into heavy drug use, drinking, weight loss, and violent mood swings. She has been in treatment centers, but they appear to not have had any lasting effects on the singer.
Winehouse entered the Priory Clinic on 25 May 2011, where she stayed for one week, and then walked out in June, according to Celebrity Circuit.
What the cause of death is has yet to be determined, and it may take a toxicology report to find out what happened. Amy's medical problems went beyond substance abuse, so the autopsy may find something other than a possible overdose, or adverse reaction to some medication.
It is, unfortunately, another loss of a celebrity for what probably has something to do with drug abuse, although that is specualtion at this point. But given her history, it doesn't take a great leap of the imagination to think drugs are at the nexus of her death.
In fact, one can't rule out suicide as well. With her mental health disorders, drug abuse, and addiction problems, as well as her recent Serbian concert where she was booed off the stage, Amy may just have given up altogether.
Hopefully, that is not the case. Winehouse was a talented lady.
A friend of mine, substance abuse counselor, and musician summed it up best when he said:
"We hardly knew ye, girl. Ye will be missed. Amy carried the torch of true R & B through the barren fields of shiny, over-processed computer bleeping and vocodered pop clones. The first time I heard "rehab" it took me back 30 years, to a time when music spoke the soul and healed the hurts of the rough struggle that is life on planet Earth. I am grateful that she is survived by the Dap Kings who will continue the groove, although without one of the most distinctive voices of the century. I am truly sorry that it hurt so much, Amy. I never knew you, nor did I know that you were my birthday present from God that day in 1983. I hope to God it doesn't hurt any more. I hope you got that sweet feeling you were chasing and I hope it lasts an eternity. I trust I will see you on stage when I get up there." (Patrick Dieter)
R.I.P. Amy.
Peace...
- The adolescent brain is not fully developed, making a young person extremely vulnerable to drug and alcohol addiction among other problems.
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