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  Amy Winehouse Economics David C. Stolinsky July 28, 2011 Amy Winehouse’s mother Janis stated that she believed it was “only a matter of time” before her daughter died.− News item Let me apologize in advance for using the name of a recently deceased young woman as a descriptor of our economic problems. But I mean no disrespect for Amy Winehouse. On the contrary, my disrespect is aimed at those responsible for wrecking our economic system to the point that the only options remaining are rehab or premature death. Beautiful, talented, wealthy Amy Winehouse was found dead at age...

Per Fox, found dead in her apartment, 27 years old.

Amy Winehouse has been found dead at her home in London, it has been reported. The Back To Black singer was apparently found at 4pm

They tried to make her go to rehab...and she said yes, yes, yes. Singer Amy Winehouse checked into a treatment facility on Wednesday, the singer's rep confirmed. Winehouse "has embarked on a treatment program at the Priory Clinic," the rep said, according to Britain's Daily Mail. "She wants to be ready for performances in Europe this summer and decided to seek an assessment. She will remain at the Priory on doctors' advice." A source close to the "Rehab" singer told People magazine that Winehouse's father, Mitch, encouraged her to seek help: "Her dad sat her down and said 'I think...

Troubled singer Amy Winehouse is engaged. The lucky man is her ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil. The pair have been divorced since September, and engaged since November.

London, England (BANG) - Amy Winehouse is a "tattooed reptile" who will bring "untold human suffering" to St. Lucia. The former governor of the Caribbean island has written a public appeal begging officials to stop the "Rehab" singer from buying a house and settling there permanently. Jeff Fedee wrote in the St. Lucia Star newspaper: "I would strongly urge she be denied residency status to purchase property in St. Lucia. Is she being given special treatment?" "She'd be a menace and a dangerous influence to our society because the demons that inhabit her tortured body will have to be fed....

Amy Winehouse's husband, Blake Civil-Fielder, has begun divorce proceedings against the troubled singer, People reports. "I can confirm that I have been instructed to commence divorce proceedings on the grounds of Amy's adultery," Henri Brandman, a lawyer for Civil-Fielder, said in a statement. In recent weeks, Winehouse has been spotted cavorting with 21-year-old rugby player, Josh Bowman, telling News of the World in a candid interview that she's finally sobered up and "in love again." Civil-Fielder, who spent almost a year in jail for assault ("My Blake, my Blake incarcerated!"), first spoke of ending his marriage to the 25-year-old in...

Beyonce Knowles has reportedly been approached to replace Amy Winehouse and record the theme song for the forthcoming Bond movie, 'Quantum of Solace'. Winehouse was rumoured to have been dropped as the film's official musical muse after DJ Mark Ronson told reporters he had scrapped his 007 collaboration with the singer, because she was not "ready" to work on music after a recent return to her erratic ways.