Amy Winehouse drank herself to death alone only a day after meeting her mother for lunch and telling her: ‘I love you, Mum.’
The multi-millionaire singer had repeatedly tried but failed to overcome her addiction to alcohol, particularly vodka, and drugs.
Miss Winehouse, 27, was found at her North London home by a bodyguard on Saturday afternoon.
She was believed to be ‘devastated’ after splitting up with her on-off boyfriend, film director Reg Traviss, who was seen outside her home hours after her body was discovered.
Her family will be given the results of a post-mortem examination today which will finally allow them to bury her.
It has been claimed she had bought drugs the night before her death but a preliminary police investigation has shown no drug paraphernalia was found at Miss Winehouse’s £2.5million home.
Police sources have indicated she died following a drink binge.
Asked about the circumstances of Miss Winehouse's death, her PR spokesperson Chris Goodman told The Sun: 'Amy was on her own at home apart from a security guard who we had appointed to help look after he over the past couple of years.
'She was in her bedroom after saying she wanted to skeep and when he went to wake her he found she wasn't breathing.
'He called the emergency services straight away. He was very shocked. At this stage no-one knows how she died. She died alone in bed.'
It was also claimed Miss Winehouse may have been dead for up to six hours before she was found by her security guard, Andrew Morris.
A source told the newspaper: 'Rigor mortis had set in, indiciating she is likely to have been dead for anything up to six hours.'
The singer had lunch with her mother Janis the day before she died. Mrs Winehouse believed her daughter’s death had been ‘only a matter of time’.
They had met in Camden and Mrs Winehouse said her daughter had ‘seemed weary, but that wasn’t particularly unusual as she always went to bed late. Her passing so suddenly still hasn’t hit me’.
As mother and daughter kissed on the doorstep of Miss Winehouse’s home, she said: ‘I love you, Mum.’
‘They are the words I will always treasure and always remember Amy by,’ said Mrs Winehouse, who lives in Enfield, North London.
Meanwhile, it has also been claimed Miss Winehouse had a medical examination by her doctor just hours before she died.
A source told The Sun: 'The doctor was happy with her condition. When he left on Friday night he had no concerns. Less than 24 hours later she was found dead.
'Amy's health has been very fragile and she has been having a series of check-ups.'
Yesterday, on the day Miss Winehouse should have been attending a barbecue at the Essex home of her uncle, tributes poured in.
One came from Gordon Brown’s wife Sarah, who wrote on Twitter: ‘At only 27 what a terrible waste of a great talent. Sincere condolences to her family.’
Others questioned whether she had been adequately supported by her management and record label, Island, which is owned by Universal, for her addictions.
On her secret Facebook page, where she used the name Shirley Baxter, the singer recently joked about her place being cemented in the drug-ridden North London scene, writing to a friend ‘Camden Forever’.
Miss Winehouse’s father Mitch, 60, flew to London from New York yesterday, where he had been due to perform at a series of jazz gigs. Looking stony faced, the former black cab driver landed at Heathrow Airport at 6.30am.
A close friend told the Daily Mail: ‘Mitch is being stoic for the family, but he is beating himself up, he was always by Amy’s side.’
Mr Winehouse said: ‘This isn’t real. I’m completely devastated. I’m coming home. I have to be with Amy. I can’t crack up for her sake. My family need me.’
In a statement, the singer’s family said: ‘Our family has been left bereft by the loss of Amy, a wonderful daughter, sister, niece. She leaves a gaping hole in our lives. We are coming together to remember her and we would appreciate some privacy and space at this terrible time.’
Only last month Miss Winehouse had checked out of the Priory Clinic following intensive treatment for her drinking and was given the all-clear to carry on with her comeback European tour. At the time, it was confirmed she would continue as an out-patient.
She then performed a seven-song set at the prestigious 100 Club in London in front of friends and family and was deemed to be ‘back on form’.
But weeks later she was booed off stage at a gig in Belgrade, Serbia, after giving a dazed performance and delivering barely recognisable versions of her hits. The tour was swiftly cancelled.
Following this debacle, Miss Winehouse kept a low profile. She spent most of her time with her close friend, Big Brother contestant Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace, who told the Mail: ‘I’m absolutely distraught by the death of my dear friend Amy.
‘She was a loving, wonderful person with an enormous talent and big heart. Fragile but strong, beautiful but deep.
‘I will always remember her as the person she actually was, and not the way in she was often portrayed.’
Staff at the A Baia cafe on Camden Square claimed the singer had attempted to give up drinking in the weeks leading up to her death.
Owner Ze Silva said she would come in for fried breakfasts, adding: ‘She would always come here with her bodyguards and play pool, sometimes twice a day.
‘But in the last two, three weeks she didn’t drink. She said she had given up. She just had a Coca Cola. She told me, “I’m not drinking. Don’t give me anything to drink if I ask for it. I mustn’t have it”.’
Miss Winehouse’s ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil will be ‘devastated’, according to his mother.
Fielder-Civil is currently in prison after being sentenced last month to 32 months for burglary and possession of an imitation firearm.
Talking to The Sun from prison, Fielder-Civil is quoted as saying he is 'beyond inconsolable' about his ex-wife's death, adding, 'My tears won't dry'.
He added: 'I will never ever again feel the love I felt for her. Everybody who knew me and Amy knew the depth of our love. I can't believe she's dead.'
And Fielder-Civil's girlfriend Sarah Aspin, who has a newborn son with him, said Miss Winehouse would be sorely missed,
She said: 'Blake is the father of our son. But I saw him and Amy together and I know they were really in love and were soulmates.
'She always loved him and he always loved her - but it was just never going to work. Basically they couldn't live with each other and they couldn't live without each other.
'It is hard for me knowing he still loved her, but I do understand his feelings.'
The couple married in Miami, Florida, in 2007 but divorced in 2009. He has long been blamed for bringing about her drugs downfall
sourceThe multi-millionaire singer had repeatedly tried but failed to overcome her addiction to alcohol, particularly vodka, and drugs.
Miss Winehouse, 27, was found at her North London home by a bodyguard on Saturday afternoon.
She was believed to be ‘devastated’ after splitting up with her on-off boyfriend, film director Reg Traviss, who was seen outside her home hours after her body was discovered.
Her family will be given the results of a post-mortem examination today which will finally allow them to bury her.
It has been claimed she had bought drugs the night before her death but a preliminary police investigation has shown no drug paraphernalia was found at Miss Winehouse’s £2.5million home.
Police sources have indicated she died following a drink binge.
Asked about the circumstances of Miss Winehouse's death, her PR spokesperson Chris Goodman told The Sun: 'Amy was on her own at home apart from a security guard who we had appointed to help look after he over the past couple of years.
'She was in her bedroom after saying she wanted to skeep and when he went to wake her he found she wasn't breathing.
'He called the emergency services straight away. He was very shocked. At this stage no-one knows how she died. She died alone in bed.'
It was also claimed Miss Winehouse may have been dead for up to six hours before she was found by her security guard, Andrew Morris.
A source told the newspaper: 'Rigor mortis had set in, indiciating she is likely to have been dead for anything up to six hours.'
The singer had lunch with her mother Janis the day before she died. Mrs Winehouse believed her daughter’s death had been ‘only a matter of time’.
They had met in Camden and Mrs Winehouse said her daughter had ‘seemed weary, but that wasn’t particularly unusual as she always went to bed late. Her passing so suddenly still hasn’t hit me’.
As mother and daughter kissed on the doorstep of Miss Winehouse’s home, she said: ‘I love you, Mum.’
‘They are the words I will always treasure and always remember Amy by,’ said Mrs Winehouse, who lives in Enfield, North London.
Meanwhile, it has also been claimed Miss Winehouse had a medical examination by her doctor just hours before she died.
A source told The Sun: 'The doctor was happy with her condition. When he left on Friday night he had no concerns. Less than 24 hours later she was found dead.
'Amy's health has been very fragile and she has been having a series of check-ups.'
Yesterday, on the day Miss Winehouse should have been attending a barbecue at the Essex home of her uncle, tributes poured in.
One came from Gordon Brown’s wife Sarah, who wrote on Twitter: ‘At only 27 what a terrible waste of a great talent. Sincere condolences to her family.’
Others questioned whether she had been adequately supported by her management and record label, Island, which is owned by Universal, for her addictions.
On her secret Facebook page, where she used the name Shirley Baxter, the singer recently joked about her place being cemented in the drug-ridden North London scene, writing to a friend ‘Camden Forever’.
Miss Winehouse’s father Mitch, 60, flew to London from New York yesterday, where he had been due to perform at a series of jazz gigs. Looking stony faced, the former black cab driver landed at Heathrow Airport at 6.30am.
A close friend told the Daily Mail: ‘Mitch is being stoic for the family, but he is beating himself up, he was always by Amy’s side.’
Mr Winehouse said: ‘This isn’t real. I’m completely devastated. I’m coming home. I have to be with Amy. I can’t crack up for her sake. My family need me.’
In a statement, the singer’s family said: ‘Our family has been left bereft by the loss of Amy, a wonderful daughter, sister, niece. She leaves a gaping hole in our lives. We are coming together to remember her and we would appreciate some privacy and space at this terrible time.’
Only last month Miss Winehouse had checked out of the Priory Clinic following intensive treatment for her drinking and was given the all-clear to carry on with her comeback European tour. At the time, it was confirmed she would continue as an out-patient.
She then performed a seven-song set at the prestigious 100 Club in London in front of friends and family and was deemed to be ‘back on form’.
But weeks later she was booed off stage at a gig in Belgrade, Serbia, after giving a dazed performance and delivering barely recognisable versions of her hits. The tour was swiftly cancelled.
Following this debacle, Miss Winehouse kept a low profile. She spent most of her time with her close friend, Big Brother contestant Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace, who told the Mail: ‘I’m absolutely distraught by the death of my dear friend Amy.
‘She was a loving, wonderful person with an enormous talent and big heart. Fragile but strong, beautiful but deep.
‘I will always remember her as the person she actually was, and not the way in she was often portrayed.’
Staff at the A Baia cafe on Camden Square claimed the singer had attempted to give up drinking in the weeks leading up to her death.
Owner Ze Silva said she would come in for fried breakfasts, adding: ‘She would always come here with her bodyguards and play pool, sometimes twice a day.
‘But in the last two, three weeks she didn’t drink. She said she had given up. She just had a Coca Cola. She told me, “I’m not drinking. Don’t give me anything to drink if I ask for it. I mustn’t have it”.’
Miss Winehouse’s ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil will be ‘devastated’, according to his mother.
Fielder-Civil is currently in prison after being sentenced last month to 32 months for burglary and possession of an imitation firearm.
Talking to The Sun from prison, Fielder-Civil is quoted as saying he is 'beyond inconsolable' about his ex-wife's death, adding, 'My tears won't dry'.
He added: 'I will never ever again feel the love I felt for her. Everybody who knew me and Amy knew the depth of our love. I can't believe she's dead.'
And Fielder-Civil's girlfriend Sarah Aspin, who has a newborn son with him, said Miss Winehouse would be sorely missed,
She said: 'Blake is the father of our son. But I saw him and Amy together and I know they were really in love and were soulmates.
'She always loved him and he always loved her - but it was just never going to work. Basically they couldn't live with each other and they couldn't live without each other.
'It is hard for me knowing he still loved her, but I do understand his feelings.'
The couple married in Miami, Florida, in 2007 but divorced in 2009. He has long been blamed for bringing about her drugs downfall
