# Amy Winehouse is dead **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 23, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-winehouse-is-dead/590088 "2011-07-23T16:41:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-winehouse-is-dead/590088/41 "2011-07-23T18:14:29Z")
> [@Red\_Barchetta](#): > > That’s pretty fucked up. People die of overdoses all the time; what happened in Oslo was much more important. > > ETA: Also apparently I’m one of the few who had no idea who she was. I dunno; I had been watching Olso coverage for hours, and they just did a little blurb on Amy Winehouse being found dead in her house; I don’t think there was any loss of perspective. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-winehouse-is-dead/590088/42 "2011-07-23T18:17:42Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I dunno; I had been watching Olso coverage for hours, and they just did a little blurb on Amy Winehouse being found dead in her house; I don’t think there was any loss of perspective. That’s not as bad as I thought it would be; glad to hear. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-winehouse-is-dead/590088/43 "2011-07-23T18:19:16Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > I think the official Cause of Death is “She was Amy Winehouse”. I just stole that and posted it on Facebook. Where should I send the check? ---
**Author:** ![pythonzzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@pythonzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pythonzzz)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-winehouse-is-dead/590088/44 "2011-07-23T18:20:30Z")
> [@](#): > > They tried to make her go to rehab and she said: _thud_ via FARK ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-winehouse-is-dead/590088/45 "2011-07-23T18:23:13Z")
> [@Pixiesnix](#): > > :o Sorry! > > She had one hell of a voice. It may be in bad taste, but it kind of pisses me off to see a talented person throw their lives down the toilet. Why? I was thinking the same thing when John Belushi died. He was a great comedian, or at least I liked his schtick, and he threw it all away. ---
**Author:** ![manila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-winehouse-is-dead/590088/46 "2011-07-23T18:39:31Z")
What is it about age 27? Goodnight Amy. Thank you for your wonderful talent > **[27 Club](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_Club)** > > The 27 Club is an informal list consisting mostly of popular musicians, artists, actors, and other celebrities who died at age 27. Although the claim of a "statistical spike" for the death of musicians at that age has been refuted by scientific research, it remains a cultural phenomenon, with many celebrities who die at 27 noted for their high-risk lifestyles. > Beginning with the deaths of several 27-year-old popular musicians between 1969 and 1971, dying at the age of 27 came to be, and remai... ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-winehouse-is-dead/590088/47 "2011-07-23T18:40:39Z")
> [@manila](#): > > What is it about age 27? > > Goodnight Amy. Thank you for your wonderful talent > > [27 Club - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_Club) We now know who isn’t a big fan of actually reading threads. ---
**Author:** ![PrettyVacant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/49beb7/32.png) [@PrettyVacant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PrettyVacant)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-winehouse-is-dead/590088/48 "2011-07-23T18:41:39Z")
She didn’t throw anything away. She made a mistake and let her useless, wanker of a husband introduce her to heroin and it did for her in the end. We all make mistakes, hers was her choice of partner. ---
**Author:** ![Agnostic\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@Agnostic\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agnostic_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-winehouse-is-dead/590088/49 "2011-07-23T18:42:37Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Goddammit! I really enjoyed her music, and was hoping she could get her life together and go on to become a legend. She had it in her. > ☹ +1 I really hoped I would have been able to see her sing live. So many great songs that will never be sung by such a great voice. As I said with Kurt Cobain: “Goddamn it, I wasn’t finishing listening yet.” R.I.P Amy ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-winehouse-is-dead/590088/50 "2011-07-23T18:43:57Z")
> [@PrettyVacant](#): > > She didn’t throw anything away. She made a mistake and let her useless, wanker of a husband introduce her to heroin and it did for her in the end. We all make mistakes, hers was her choice of partner. Yeah, all some other guy’s fault for sure… ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-winehouse-is-dead/590088/51 "2011-07-23T18:53:12Z")
Didn’t see another thread. Sorry if I missed it. [Story here.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/23/amy-winehouse-dead-singer_n_907753.html#s314557&title=Rehab) ETA: Now I do in CS. Mods feel free to close. ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-winehouse-is-dead/590088/52 "2011-07-23T19:04:21Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Geez, I suspect they’ve added Amy since you linked to that. Have you taken a look at what they list as her “Cause of death”? :eek: Down toward the bottom of the page. Like others, I only saw it listed as “unknown.” But knowing the internets, I can imagine what it said. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-winehouse-is-dead/590088/53 "2011-07-23T19:05:15Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > I think the official Cause of Death is “She was Amy Winehouse”. Funny, but in this case so true. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Real\_Regency\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@The\_Real\_Regency\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Real_Regency_Elf)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-winehouse-is-dead/590088/54 "2011-07-23T19:08:45Z")
After the Norway attacks, only one of my fb friends even mentioned the tragedy. Now my feed is all abuzz with Amy Winehouse boo-hooing. I gotta get a better bunch of friends. ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-winehouse-is-dead/590088/55 "2011-07-23T19:10:02Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > Funny, but in this case so true. Indeed. It seemed like the drug abuse was part of her persona. I wish it could have been something else. ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-winehouse-is-dead/590088/56 "2011-07-23T19:10:05Z")
What a waste. I’m not even remotely surprised, but still. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-winehouse-is-dead/590088/57 "2011-07-23T19:11:41Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > ETA: Now I do in CS. Mods feel free to close. I’ll just merge 'em. Annnnddd, now I’ll move the thread back to CS since, for some reason, the merged thread wound up in MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-winehouse-is-dead/590088/58 "2011-07-23T19:44:12Z")
> [@Pixiesnix](#): > > :o Sorry! > > She had one hell of a voice. It may be in bad taste, but it kind of pisses me off to see a talented person throw their lives down the toilet. Why? I think it’s in bad taste for her to throw her goddamn life away when she was so fucking gifted. FUCK I’m pissed. > [@PrettyVacant](#): > > We all make mistakes, hers was her choice of partner. Are you serious? Her mistake was not her choice of partner, her mistake was sticking needles in her arms and powders up her nose and alcohol down her throat. If she wasn’t interested in those things, the hubby would have been history. She was an addict, and addicts find other addicts to hang out with. Blaming her addict husband is bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![manila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-winehouse-is-dead/590088/59 "2011-07-23T19:44:43Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > We now know who isn’t a big fan of actually reading threads. Yap , sorry you are right, I got this news from another source and jumped straight here. was a bit shocked. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-winehouse-is-dead/590088/60 "2011-07-23T20:06:34Z")
Any guesses on who many posthumous albums she’ll have? More than Janis, fewer than Tupac (a member of the lesser known 25 club). I figured she was nearing the end when [on the way](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1391504/Amy-Winehouse-sneaks-shot-vodka-way-rehab-The-Priory.html) to her last stint in rehab she was shown coming out of a liquor store with a vodka bottle. This was before her Serbian “concert” so the rehab clearly didn’t take. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-winehouse-is-dead/590088.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-winehouse-is-dead/590088.md?page=4)