Amy Jade Winehouse (14. september 1983 – 23. juli 2011) var en engelsk sanger og sangskriver. Hun fik med sine to første albums stor succes i en stilart, der bedst kan beskrives som en blanding mellem jazz og soul, som den lød blandt sorte amerikanske sangere i 1960'erne.
Winehouse døde som 27-årig den 23. juli 2011 i sit hjem i London; Politiet sagde først, at årsagen til hendes død var endnu uopklaret. Senere er det dog kommet frem, at Winehouse døde af en alkoholforgiftning og dermed endte med at drikke sig selv ihjel.
Amy Winehouse Becomes the Newest Member of the Forever 27 Club
By Glen Levy @glenjlJuly 23, 2011
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Amy Winehouse watches The Libertines perform live at The Forum on August 25, 2010 in London.
As the tributes start to pour in from around the world after the troubled British musician Amy Winehouse was found dead in her London flat at the age of 27, a further twist emerged: Winehouse is but the latest singer to join the so-called 27 Club.
Some of rock ‘n’ roll’s greatest ever talents have passed away at this relatively young age. Winehouse is the newest member of a super-group, if you will, that contains Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin and Brian Jones. But one wonders if Winehouse herself would have been aware
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