Amy had long struggled with addiction, and now friends are reporting she was just out for a good time. Meanwhile, her family is struggling with the pain of their loss.
Amy Winehouse‘s July 23 death left the music world reeling, and new reports are coming out that drugs may have been the cause.
Amy, who was 27, was known among her friends as a party animal and addict, and many are saying she simply overdid it while partying on July 22. Allegedly the tipping point was a drug run she made at 10:30 pm that night, The People reports. She proceeded to mix cocaine, heroin, ecstasy and ketamine, and coupled with the alcohol she was drinking, the combination proved fatal.
“Amy seemed determined to have a big one on Friday night,” a friend told the publication. “She was out in Camden [a neighborhood in London] on Friday evening, but seemed determined to carry on the party back at her flat. None of us know who was with her into the early hours of Saturday. But getting out of it was clearly her main priority of the night.”
Meanwhile, as the Daily Mail reports an autopsy will take place within the next 24 hours, Amy’s family has released a touching statement: “Our family has been left bereft by the loss of Amy, a wonderful daughter, sister, niece. She leaves a gaping hole in our lives. We are coming together to remember her and we would appreciate some privacy and space at this terrible time.”
This story is just so sad — we hope Amy is at peace, as she was so obviously tormented during her life.
– William Earl
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CJ
Posted at 4:58 PM on September 14, 2011
It is very funny that as fans and not fans you all think you know this person. She is all over the news for dying. Thats it. We all live our lives differently and it seems people are more quick to judge other people based off the tabloids. There is no reason to fight or argue over someone who don’t even know on a person level. Celebrities are just that, celebrities. They have their own problems, own lives, own deaths, only difference is thousands of people are looking at them and judging them even without ever meeting them. It’s rough. But for pete’s sake they are HUMAN. Drugs or no drugs, addicted or not, she’s dead. Learn from her very public mistakes and ask yourself “are you any better?” before you go slamming her or praising her. After all, She was only a human being.