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Many of us were not surprised when we learned the sad news of Amy Winehouse's death at age 27 in July 2011. But her addiction to drugs, alcohol, and violence made headlines in the celebrity, music, and news media for years. Although police found a few empty vodka bottles in her room when her body was discovered, many assumed that she died from a drug overdose. It took nearly three months for the coroner to determine was her death was due to "misadventure" which was acute alcohol poisoning. Amy's blood alcohol level was more than five times Britain's legal drink-drive limit. Although that amount of alcohol is often not fatal, the amount of alcohol required for acute alcohol poisoning depends on a number of factors including age, height and weight, gender, etc. Her on and off drinking binges and her 5-foot-3-inch slender frame were apparently contributing factors. Although the coroner wouldn't speculate on the particulars of Amy's death , she said a 110-pound woman could reach a potentially lethal blood-alcohol level by downing about 15 ounces of vodka within an hour's time. Her untimely death made Amy a charter member
of the 27 Club, a collection of musicians who all died at the same age,
including Robert Johnson, Brian
Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain,
Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson,
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, and score of others. Even with her overwhelming addictions, Amy
was a multi-award-winning musician. When her management company suggested
that she enter rehab for alcohol abuse in 2006, she dumped the
company and wrote "Rehab," which detailed her refusal to receive
treatment, and became an instant Top 10 hit in the UK and was
the lead single in her for her second, critically acclaimed album, Back
to Black. When Back to
Black made its American debut, it was an an
instant smash , hitting higher on the Billboard music charts than
any other American debut by a British female recording artist in history and
sold more than one million copies. |
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