BRITISH CELEBRITIES (II): AMY WINEHOUSE

Amy Winehouse

Amy Winehouse was an English songwriter and singer who played different genres: soul, jazz, reggae and rhythm and blues. She became famous quickly and had a chaotic life dying of alcohol poising on 23 July 2011.

Her songs will be eternal and unforgettable and her album Back to Black posthumously became the UK’s best-selling album of the 21^st century.

Amy Winehouse died at age 27 entering in The 27 Club. Jim Morrison (The Doors), Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) from the US; Brian Jones, the founder and original bandleader of The Rolling Stones from England; Cecilia from Spain or Slada Guduras from Bosnia also belong to this Club.

More information: Amy Winehouse Foundation

And life, is like a pipe
And I'm a tiny penny rolling up the walls, inside

We only said goodbye with words
I died a hundred times

And I go back to black

Amy Winehouse