Amy Winehouse

[Pendragon]

Amy Winehouse has been found dead in her Camden home aged just 27.  Amy Winehouse was a fantastic singer with a troubled soul.  To be honest it comes as no surprise.  What a waste.  She will now be a part of the famous 27 club along with Janice Joplin, Jimmy Hendrix and Curt Cobain although in my opinion she achieved far less than any of them.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8656961/Amy-Winehouse-dies-aged-27.html

[Nemesis]

A troubled soul-sad but inevitable.

[suepp]

say what you like about Russell Brand, but his tribute to Amy Winehouse was one of the most touching things I've ever read,http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a331374/russell-brand-posts-amy-winehouse-tribute-she-was-a-fing-genius.html

[Pendragon]

I like Russel Brand and your right suepp his tribute says it all.

[Fester]

I read all that, and its very poignant to me.

You see I only had one brother, and he had everything going for him as a young man.
He developed a penchant for the booze.. and it got worse.
Then he lost his job, his wife etc... and then it led to anti-depressants, and even more booze to blot the problems out.
I can never really know the misery he went through.

My Mum and Dad did everything to help, and I did next to nothing...( I was embarrassed by him by then I think), but I had idolised my big brother as a kid!

Then the phonecall DID come, in the middle of the night....  the one from the very kind police officer.
Not a night that I would wish on anyone.    RIP big Brother...

[Blodyn]

Fester, I'm so sorry to hear about your brother, what a tragedy.  I have no experience of anyone suffering from addiction but it must be a terrible thing for all the family to go through. 

A tragedy, too, for Amy Winehouse, her family, friends and fans.  RIP Amy. 

[Ian]

My sympathy too, Fester.

[Yorkie]

May she now be in peace with herself.