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Police: Singer Amy Winehouse dies
Yahoo ^ | 7/23/2011 | Yahoo News

Posted on 07/23/2011 10:29:11 AM PDT by Dallas59

LONDON (AP) — Amy Winehouse, the beehived soul-jazz diva whose self-destructive habits overshadowed a distinctive musical talent, was found dead Saturday in her London home, police said. She was 27.

Winehouse shot to fame with the album "Back to Black," whose blend of jazz, soul, rock and classic pop was a global hit. It won five Grammys and made Winehouse — with her black beehive hairdo and old-fashioned sailor tattoos — one of music's most recognizable stars.

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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: amywinehouse; death; thegooddieyoung
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To: the invisib1e hand

Whatever the hell that was.


101 posted on 07/23/2011 5:03:23 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: Dallas59

Well like most people I cant say I am surprised by this. I loved her music I have 2 of her CD’s and when I hit the hay tonight I’ll probably listen to her CD’s. I have two of her CD’s.. Its a darn shame. She was a great talent.


102 posted on 07/23/2011 5:07:55 PM PDT by fkabuckeyesrule
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To: Dallas59

Perhaps our children will make her into this generation The Doors or John Morrison.


103 posted on 07/23/2011 5:10:06 PM PDT by fkabuckeyesrule
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To: GoCards
****Very sad indeed. Wasted talent. Her “Frank” album was stunning!****

I have Frank & Back ToBlack.. I will listen to them tonight when I hit the hay.

104 posted on 07/23/2011 5:14:28 PM PDT by fkabuckeyesrule
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To: Calvin Locke

Howie!


105 posted on 07/23/2011 5:21:42 PM PDT by Chickensoup (In the 20th century 200 million people were killed by their own governments.)
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To: Museum Twenty

She was a once in a generation type of talent. You kind of knew she wasn’t going to be around long unfortunately. Such a waste.


106 posted on 07/23/2011 5:40:43 PM PDT by Free Vulcan (Vote Republican! You can vote Democrat when you're dead.)
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To: Dallas59

This really does make me sad — for her, her fans, and especially her family members. Prayers for those hurting...

I’m not surprised, but I had hoped she would find some way to overcome her demons. She was a VERY talented woman, and it’s sad when drugs yet again take someone who had so much to offer the world. May she RIP.

Here is the song I heard that made me sit up and pay attention to her a few years back:
“Back to Black” — It’s chilling watching this today, but somehow it’s fitting...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1evzhSast8

Side Note:
She is now a member of the infamous “27 Club”, or “27 Forever Club”. {Morrison, Joplin, Johnson, Jones, Hendrix, and Cobain all passed at 27 years of age...)


107 posted on 07/23/2011 6:06:32 PM PDT by LibertyRocks
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To: the invisib1e hand

You should care ih. Yes, she did have plenty of opportunities to ‘clean up’ but you know what, the influences of this world, a.k.a. “the enemy” catches us at our weakest moments and deceives us into believing ‘lies’. It’s tragic when someone so young, has been so deluded...right into eternity.


108 posted on 07/23/2011 6:43:51 PM PDT by Outlaw Woman (Palin/Perry 2012)
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To: Rocko
very talented.....very sad......but IIRC, she had really damaged her brain with the presumed drugs and alcohol, and there was no turning back....

rip......since we Catholics believe in purgatory, than this young woman will eventually be saved.....

109 posted on 07/23/2011 7:23:59 PM PDT by cherry
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To: PieterCasparzen

When people like Ashley Simpson and Paris Hilton are putting out albums (while people who are actually talented get passed right over), you know the music industry is total garbage. With computer technology being what it is, they could make Fran Drescher’s laugh sound good (or at least passable).

It’s like Hollywood, the way in is to be related to somebody who is already in. If you don’t know somebody, forget it. 20 years ago, a person could get in on an audition (like Bruce Willis). Today, forget it.


110 posted on 07/23/2011 8:51:44 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: Perdogg

Her before LiLo? That’s a surprise.


111 posted on 07/23/2011 9:21:34 PM PDT by GOPsterinMA (Perry/Bachmann 2012 - they can share hair care products.)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
When people like Ashley Simpson and Paris Hilton are putting out albums (while people who are actually talented get passed right over), you know the music industry is total garbage. With computer technology being what it is, they could make Fran Drescher’s laugh sound good (or at least passable).

It’s like Hollywood, the way in is to be related to somebody who is already in. If you don’t know somebody, forget it. 20 years ago, a person could get in on an audition (like Bruce Willis). Today, forget it.


Well, by "know somebody", you're meaning climb the "arts" social set, indicate an enormous desire to prostitute oneself for a career, and complete submission to the dictates of the left-wing intelligentsia. That seems to be the starting point for a career in "the arts", as well as a totalitarian state. I agree.

I guess one starts out at parties, then works one's way up from there. If completely tone deaf, then go for acting or comedy.
112 posted on 07/23/2011 9:58:01 PM PDT by PieterCasparzen (We need to fix things ourselves)
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To: Dallas59

Funeral workers carry the body of Amy Winehouse outside her house in London July 23, 2011.
113 posted on 07/24/2011 12:09:36 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper ("Don't Call My Bluff")
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To: PieterCasparzen

If you can hook someone up with some cocaine, too, that’s an in. A lot of these folks won’t work with anyone they haven’t snorted coke with.


114 posted on 07/24/2011 2:01:17 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady (Islam is as Islam does.)
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To: Hawk1976

‘Too much blood in the alcohol stream?’

Too much blood in the heroin stream.


115 posted on 07/24/2011 2:11:58 AM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable -- Daniel Webster)
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To: Revolting cat!

Batboy’s found a girlfriend!!!


116 posted on 07/24/2011 12:56:05 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The liberal press applauded when the NY Times hacked Newt Gingrich's phone calls.)
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To: Gena Bukin

Your post was #27. Be careful...


117 posted on 07/24/2011 12:59:01 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The liberal press applauded when the NY Times hacked Newt Gingrich's phone calls.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Bin Laden’s death was more of a surprise than her’s.


118 posted on 07/24/2011 4:41:10 PM PDT by chargers fan
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To: Dallas59
She acknowledged struggling with eating disorders and told a newspaper that she had been diagnosed as manic depressive but refused to take medication. Soon accounts of her erratic behavior, canceled concerts and drink- and drug-fueled nights began to multiply.

Wow...what an uncompromising artist!
119 posted on 07/24/2011 7:34:11 PM PDT by yup2394871293
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To: Dallas59

With looks like that, she could have had a very successful career at your local Waffle House.


120 posted on 07/24/2011 7:37:03 PM PDT by yup2394871293
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