Singer
Amy
Winehouse
was
found
dead
at
her
North
London
home
on
Saturday
(July
23).
The
27-year-old
artist
was
found
dead
by
police
in
the
late
afternoon.
The
police
have
not
found
the
reason
for
the
death
of
the
Back
to
Back
singer,
but
sources
say
that
she
died
of
drugs
overdose.
The
Metropolitan
police
said:
"We
were
called
by
London
Ambulance
Service
to
an
address
in
Camden
Square
shortly
before
16.05hrs
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."
Amy
Winehouse
was
last
seen
with
her
goddaughter
Dionne
Bromfield
at
the
iTunes
festival
earlier
last
week.
Her
father
Mitch
returned
from
New
York,
where
he
had
been
due
to
perform
at
the
Blue
Note
jazz
club.
He
said:
'I'm
coming
home.
I
have
to
be
with
Amy.
I
can't
crack
up
for
her
sake.
My
family
need
me."
Amy
Winehouse
had
suffered
a
battle
with
drink
and
drug
abuse,
which
forced
her
to
withdraw
from
all
of
her
scheduled
performances
last
month.
She
started
her
12-leg
European
tour
in
Belgrade,
but
she
was
booed
off
the
stage
after
appearing
to
forget
her
lyrics.
Then
she
cancelled
her
concerts
in
Istanbul
and
Athens.
However,
Amy
Winehouse
rose
to
fame
with
her
debut
album
Frank
in
2003,
which
was
nominated
for
the
Mercury
music
prize.
She
bagged
five
Grammy
awards
her
second
album
Back
to
Black.
The
album
became
the
third-highest
selling
album
of
the
2000s.