Many legendary music stars have died and everyone has the interest in knowing the mystery surrounding their deaths. As one of the very great legends that made our youth in the 1950s, we will help you know how did Amy Winehouse die and how old was she when she died.
Amy Jade Winehouse was born on 14 September 1983 at Chase Farm Hospital in Gordon Hill, Enfield, to Jewish parents. She attended Osidge Primary School and then secondary at Ashmole School, London. Winehouse attended a Jewish Sunday school while she was a child.
During an interview following her rise to fame, she expressed her dismissal towards the school by saying that she used to beg her father to permit her not to go and that she learned nothing about being Jewish by going anyway. In the same interview, Winehouse said she only went to a synagogue once a year on Yom Kippur “out of respect”.
Career
Amy Jade Winehouse was an English singer and songwriter. She was known for her deep, expressive contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of musical genres, including soul, rhythm and blues, reggae and jazz. She was a member of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra during her youth.
Amy no doubt had had several relationships that help her shoot her talents into the sky like meteor. Her energy for talent exploration made Winehouse sign her to Simon Fuller’s 19 Management in 2002 and soon recorded a number of songs before signing a publishing deal with EMI.
She also formed a working relationship with producer Salaam Remi through these record publishers. Winehouse’s debut album, Frank, was released in 2003. Winehouse released her follow-up album, Back to Black, in 2006, which went on to become an international success and one of the best-selling albums in UK history.
It was after her death, Back to Black briefly became the UK’s best-selling album of the 21st century.
Awards
At the 2007 Brit Awards, it was nominated for British Album of the Year and Winehouse received the award for British Female Solo Artist.
At the 50th Grammy Awards in 2008, she won five awards, tying the then record for the most wins by a female artist in a single night and becoming the first British woman to win five Grammys.
These included three of the General Field “Big Four” Grammy Awards: Best New Artist, Record of the Year and Song of the Year (for “Rehab”), as well as Best Pop Vocal Album. VH1 ranked Winehouse 26th on their list of the 100 Greatest Women in Music.
Her Death: Time and Age
Winehouse struggled with substance abuse, mental illness and addiction.
So finally, she died of alcohol poisoning on 23 July 2011, at the age of 27. Her brother believed that bulimia was also to blame.
