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Winehouse Wrote Entire Third Album

Rob Quinn — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 05:45:40 CST

Amy Winehouse had written an entire album of songs before her death but sadly for the late singer's fans, most of it exists only on paper. The album would have been her third, but she was in no rush to release new material, says music producer Salaam Remi, who worked...

It's Official: Alcohol Killed Winehouse

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:52:31 CDT

It wasn’t a lack of alcohol , but alcohol itself that killed Amy Winehouse. A coroner has determined that Winehouse consumed a “potentially fatal” amount of alcohol the night she died, and ruled it a “death by misadventure,” the AP reports. A pathologist says Winehouse drank a “very large quantity of...

Dad Writing Winehouse Bio

Rob Quinn — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 05:50:00 CDT

Mitch Winehouse is writing the story of his daughter's life, with all proceeds going to the charity set up in her name, the BBC reports. In Amy, My Daughter , to be published next summer, he will "bring the many layers of her life together—the personal, the private, and the...

Tony Bennett Gets First No. 1 Album—at 85

Mark Russell — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 05:00:00 CDT

Not even controversial comments about 9/11 can slow down Tony Bennett. The octogenarian crooner has been topping singles charts since 1951, but only now, 60 years later, has he finally landed his first No. 1 album, reports Billboard . In fact, Duets 2 makes Bennett the oldest ever artist to top...

Amy Winehouse's Dad Thinks Seizure Killed Her

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:48:12 CDT

Amy Winehouse's father says he thinks his daughter died after suffering a seizure related to alcohol detoxification and "there was nobody there to rescue her." During a taping of Anderson Cooper's new syndicated talk show, Mitch Winehouse said his daughter had been off drugs for two and a half years...

Winehouse Album Is UK's Bestseller of the Century

Rob Quinn — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 02:54:15 CDT

A surge in sales following her death has made Amy Winehouse's Back to Black Britain's biggest-selling record of the 21st century, knocking crooner James Blunt into second place. The 2006 album, which shot back to the top of her charts after the singer's death last month, has sold more than...

No Drugs in Amy's System at Death: Family

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:25:05 CDT

There was alcohol in Amy Winehouse’s system when she died, but toxicology tests turned up no illegal substances, her family says. No word yet whether the alcohol played a role in her death, and it's still not clear what killed her, the AP reports. In other Winehouse news, dad Mitch...

Winehouse Spent $2K on Drugs Night Before Death

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 09:55:05 CDT

The night before she was found dead, Amy Winehouse reportedly asked a drug "fixer" friend to hook her up with a dealer—and she bought nearly $2,000 dollars worth of crack cocaine and heroin, the fixer says. Tony Azzopardi, who met Winehouse through her ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil, will be...

Amy Was Adopting 10-Year-Old: Tab

Evann Gastaldo — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 14:03:05 CDT

Perhaps the weirdest news to come out since Amy Winehouse's death so far: The Mirror reports that the singer was in the process of adopting a 10-year-old girl from St. Lucia when she died. Making the news even weirder? Dannika Augustine already has a mother and grandmother, but apparently Winehouse...