...shocking no one.

Holy fuck - she was only 27? I thought she was at least in her 40s. Seriously.



Coke is a hell of a drug.

I feel bad for her, but at the same time think it was her responsibility to keep away from harmful stuff. She kept close with bad influences.

Oh well, can't be brilliant in every angle. My condolences.

This sucks. I really wanted her to clean up and grow old singing for us.

Um, *drugs?

Adding video to channels (Drugs) - requested by MrFisk.

This news item seems a bit judgmental - we don't know the cause of death yet.

A sad loss, obviously very talented.

Damned shame. The people around her should be ashamed, if not criminally charged. Welcome to the 27 Club Amy. R.I.P.

"Tried to make me go to rehab, and I said, 'No. No. No.'" - Amy Winehouse

>> ^Deano:

This news items seems a bit judgmental - we don't know the cause of death yet.
A sad loss, obviously very talented.

You forgot to check the sarcasm box, Deano.

>> ^MarineGunrock:

Holy fuck - she was only 27? I thought she was at least in her 40s. Seriously.

Coke is a hell of a drug.



Hey c'mon dude I'm in my 40's. Ain't the end of the world or nothing. And get off my damn lawn!

Haha - I'm not saying 40 is old, but when you look like it and you're actually 13 years younger? That's pretty bad.>> ^razzyl:

>> ^MarineGunrock:
Holy fuck - she was only 27? I thought she was at least in her 40s. Seriously.

Coke is a hell of a drug.


Hey c'mon dude I'm in my 40's. Ain't the end of the world or nothing. And get off my damn lawn!

Who cares? Just another junkie...

What a retard. Her husband also.

A hard life is working in a coal mine in China for 12 hours a day for 50 cents an hour.

Joining the 27 club... along with Janis, Jimi, Jim, and Kurt.

One more feather crushed beneath a wheel.

I find it hard to build any sympathy for her. 27 is so damned young, but she seemed to revel is such self destructiveness and did little to prevent this..

^I don't find it hard at all.

Welcome home, MGR.

I honestly don't care about her death,that is what you get when you are drug addict and crack wh**e. She chose to die. You can make an effort in your life and stop abusing drugs but she wanted to keep going with this junk and that is how she ended up.

I'm 27...makes me sad but just as an aside. All her friends that are crying right now and are very sad I feel for them...but if it comes out she died from drinking or drugs THEY could've stood up and stopped this from happening. They didn't so they lost a good friend.

Just reading some of your replies. What a bunch of judgmental assholes. I feel right at home here

Death envy.

I can see that.

To me, it marks significant days.

Time to pay attention.

besides: it is *blocked here and there

Invocations (blocked) cannot be called by conan because conan is not privileged - sorry.

It's so stupid to say that someone had the opportunity to sort themselves out and didn't, that who cares she was just a druggy. Just because someone doesn't find the strength, or the things that made them turn to drugs in the first place are still there in their lives, doesn't mean they deserved to die.

When you have a serious addiction like that, you don't enjoy it, it consumes you. Sometimes you can beat it, but it's not as simple as just stopping. Once you know that you can escape all of the pain in the world and how to do it, it takes an iron will to not use that as a fallback. Money can't buy your mental health clearly. The stupidity of anyone who uses hard drugs is the fact they tried it in the first place. Everyone knows the huge risk you take. After that, it's just Russian roulette.

I agree with deathcow, I thought she'd find her happy place one day and defeat it, she spent 2 years cleaning herself up when she took herself out of the limelight and moved away. Seems like she should have never gone back.

>> ^Yogi:

I'm 27...makes me sad but just as an aside. All her friends that are crying right now and are very sad I feel for them...but if it comes out she died from drinking or drugs THEY could've stood up and stopped this from happening. They didn't so they lost a good friend.


How do you propose they could have stopped her? Having had a friend with an addiction problem, I know you can't just "stand up to them" and simply get them to stop. It doesn't work that way. All the support in the world only helps so much, in the end it comes down to the addict being the only one that can stop it.

What alien_concept said. Not to say she isn't responsible, but you know addiction wouldn't be addiction if it was easy to stop. Judge a little less, you know, lest ye be judged.

It's hard to feel bad for a girl that had it all but threw it away and it's very easy to criticize the dead. On the other, she did pay the ultimate price so criticism isn't really necessary nor is it profound.

Hear, hear. I couldn't agree with you more. So many people seem ready to crow that she had it coming, as if somehow the fact that she had problems with drink and drugs meant that she somehow deserved to die from them. Alcohol and drugs can be pleasurable, of course, and pretty much all of us choose to indulge in either or both to a greater or lesser extent, but nobody chooses addiction.
>> ^alien_concept:

It's so stupid to say that someone had the opportunity to sort themselves out and didn't, that who cares she was just a druggy. Just because someone doesn't find the strength, or the things that made them turn to drugs in the first place are still there in their lives, doesn't mean they deserved to die.
When you have a serious addiction like that, you don't enjoy it, it consumes you. Sometimes you can beat it, but it's not as simple as just stopping. Once you know that you can escape all of the pain in the world and how to do it, it takes an iron will to not use that as a fallback. Money can't buy your mental health clearly. The stupidity of anyone who uses hard drugs is the fact they tried it in the first place. Everyone knows the huge risk you take. After that, it's just Russian roulette.
I agree with deathcow, I thought she'd find her happy place one day and defeat it, she spent 2 years cleaning herself up when she took herself out of the limelight and moved away. Seems like she should have never gone back.

...and just a few years ago, she looked like this:
http://i2.listal.com/image/347268/600full-amy-winehouse.jpg

http://www.russellbrand.tv/2011/07/for-amy/

Normally can't stand Russel, but he does have a special way with words. Writes a good piece on the "disease" of addiction.

>> ^rottenseed:

It's hard to feel bad for a girl that had it all but threw it away and it's very easy to criticize the dead. On the other, she did pay the ultimate price so criticism isn't really necessary nor is it profound.


Depends what your definition of "having it all" is I spose

Lots of negativity here, glad to have read a few comments of compassion and understanding. Destructive addiction is not deserved on anyone this is sad.

>> ^alien_concept:

It's so stupid to say that someone had the opportunity to sort themselves out and didn't, that who cares she was just a druggy. Just because someone doesn't find the strength, or the things that made them turn to drugs in the first place are still there in their lives, doesn't mean they deserved to die.
When you have a serious addiction like that, you don't enjoy it, it consumes you. Sometimes you can beat it, but it's not as simple as just stopping. Once you know that you can escape all of the pain in the world and how to do it, it takes an iron will to not use that as a fallback. Money can't buy your mental health clearly. The stupidity of anyone who uses hard drugs is the fact they tried it in the first place. Everyone knows the huge risk you take. After that, it's just Russian roulette.
I agree with deathcow, I thought she'd find her happy place one day and defeat it, she spent 2 years cleaning herself up when she took herself out of the limelight and moved away. Seems like she should have never gone back.




I never said she deserved to be dead,I said I didn't care. She could stop the life she was living,it takes courage to do that. And trust me,I know is not easy,but she could do better.I am just so tired of all this BS about her "oh what a legend" "oh she was so real" I speak for my personal own experience and I am here today because I chose to live. If you Live hard you die fast.

>> ^Samaelsmith:

>> ^Yogi:
I'm 27...makes me sad but just as an aside. All her friends that are crying right now and are very sad I feel for them...but if it comes out she died from drinking or drugs THEY could've stood up and stopped this from happening. They didn't so they lost a good friend.

How do you propose they could have stopped her? Having had a friend with an addiction problem, I know you can't just "stand up to them" and simply get them to stop. It doesn't work that way. All the support in the world only helps so much, in the end it comes down to the addict being the only one that can stop it.


This is just me but if I had a friend with an addiction problem I would try to get them to stop and if I failed they would no longer be my friend. Simple as that, I can predict a horrible end to someone who does tons of cocaine. Also if you continue being their friend don't act fucking surprised and post on Twitter making sure EVERYONE sees your words of mourning.

But yeah just don't be friends with an addict and you'll be fine...every relationship is conditional!

On a lighter note... congratulations on her first 24 hours of sobriety. Too soon?

I agree with the sentiments of many posters here, another 'tortured' artist junkie bites the dust and we're supposed to feel bad? Because she was famous enough for people to actually notice her death?

To those who feel really upset about this, I'm wondering when a junkie on the street walks up to you begging for money you know they'll use on drugs, what is your response? To someone who has NOTHING else, no money, no friends, no family to help them through? Amy Winehouse's death, a tragedy? Absolutely. Preventable? Easily. But I think the deaths of unknowns in the street due to substance abuse is far more tragic than another celebrity who could've got help far more easily, if they really wanted it.

If you really want to help, why not donate to a charity? http://www.actiononaddiction.org.uk/ for instance?

I'm adding celebrity deaths in to the category of "First world problems".

>> ^steroidg:

I'm adding celebrity deaths in to the category of "First world problems".


Yup. A million starving children is a statistic. One dead crackwhore who can sing?

>> ^Asmo:

>> ^steroidg:
I'm adding celebrity deaths in to the category of "First world problems".

Yup. A million starving children is a statistic. One dead crackwhore who can sing?


I've heard this sort of attitude a lot in the last couple of days and it really bugs me. Just because other things in the world are worse, or other tragedies might affect you more deeply than this, it doesn't mean that this isn't sad or that Amy Winehouse wasn't deserving of our pity. Famine in Africa, terorism in Norway, my friend's cat got put down, my husband being diagnosed with cancer, Amy Winehouse's death. All bad news, all happened recently, and I feel sad about them all in different ways.

>> ^mizila:

Damned shame. The people around her should be ashamed, if not criminally charged. Welcome to the 27 Club Amy. R.I.P.
"Tried to make me go to rehab, and I said, 'No. No. No.'" - Amy Winehouse


I find it pretty amusing that There is a wikipedia page dedicated to people dying during an arbitrarily decided year.

I'm sure you can find famous singers/song writers who died at other ages as well.

>> ^mizila:

Damned shame. The people around her should be ashamed, if not criminally charged. Welcome to the 27 Club Amy. R.I.P.
"Tried to make me go to rehab, and I said, 'No. No. No.'" - Amy Winehouse


In retrospect, No was probably the wrong answer.

Does that make this EIA?

Before dismissing me as an insensitive jerk, how many Syrians were shot and killed while protesting for democracy since her death, and with no fanfare.

>> ^FlowersInHisHair:

I've heard this sort of attitude a lot in the last couple of days and it really bugs me. Just because other things in the world are worse, or other tragedies might affect you more deeply than this, it doesn't mean that this isn't sad or that Amy Winehouse wasn't deserving of our pity. Famine in Africa, terorism in Norway, my friend's cat got put down, my husband being diagnosed with cancer, Amy Winehouse's death. All bad news, all happened recently, and I feel sad about them all in different ways.


Since you quoted my post in your response, I'll assume you were responding to me as well. Sure, the death of any people would be felt by someone, and I'm sure those who like her music would feel sad. My commenting is to bring up the fact that celebrity deaths has been given more attention than the real problems in the world, because it's something that sells papers and gain audience from bored people. I think it has the same overtone of the "First world problem" meme and therefore the association.

<troll face>If that bugs you, well that's too bad, welcome to the interweb.</troll face>