Amy Winehouse Is Dead

The report:

Amy Winehouse, the beehived soul-jazz diva whose self-destructive habits overshadowed a distinctive musical talent, was found dead Saturday in her London home, police said. She was 27...When she was 10, she and a friend formed a rap group, Sweet 'n' Sour - Winehouse was Sour - that she later described as "the little white Jewish Salt 'n' Pepa." (see here)...

...Police confirmed that a 27-year-old female was pronounced dead at the home in Camden Square northern London; the cause of death was not immediately known. London Ambulance Services said Winehouse had died before the two ambulance crews it sent arrived at the scene...

I followed her career, her antics, her failures, her mistakes and her amazing vocal talent at this blog. I followed her because she did have a wonderful voice, an enhanced zoftig figure and because she was unabashedly Jewish, if only because of her Star of David pendant so prominently displayed.

[from her last public appearance this past week:

it's still there]
In the end, she proved just how much someone can waste a life.

London Ambulance Service said it was called to the flat in Camden Square at 3.54pm. Two ambulance crews arrived at the scene within five minutes and a cycle responder also attended, according to a spokeswoman. "Sadly the patient had died," she added.

There is a lesson in that as well.

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