Amy Winehouse lived the high life — in many more ways than one. She was an amazingly talented artist, who shot to stardom with her soulful alto sound and reached musical highs most artists only dream of. She became a European and international superstar, with the multi-platinum hit song depicting her refusal to go to rehab for her alcohol and drug addiction problems. But on Saturday, her demons caught up with her, snuffing out the high life she had become famous for.
Amy Winehouse, the 27-year-old songstress behind the hit “Rehab” was found dead in her London apartment early Saturday morning. Although the music industry mourned her death, few were surprised at the tragic end of her very short life.
Winehouse became famous for being in and out of alcohol and drug rehab, apparently fighting inner issues far too deep for her adoring public to understand. And her last public appearance at a concert in Belgrade, where she was so high she was booed off the stage and forced to end the performance early, will now forever remain as her lasting legacy.
How did the world allow Amy Winehouse to self-destruct? How did her fan base make light of and take joy in her refusal to seek rehabilitation for her addiction problems? How did her managers and record label ever allow her to take the stage high, or be alone in her house on a Friday night, which would turn out to be the final night of her life? Granted, Amy Winehouse had enormous problems. But we as the public fed into those problems by building up a helpless drug addict and strangely enjoying watching the inevitable train wreck that ended her life.
So now, Amy Winehouse joins the ranks of Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain and other talented rockers who left us far too soon due to their addiction problems — all incidentally dying at the young age of 27. Hopefully, those closest to Lindsay Lohen and Whitney Houston will consider this a wake up call.
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DJ:"She became a European and international superstar, with the multi-platinum hit song depicting her refusal to go to rehab for her alcohol and drug addiction problems."Hmmm. Think about that for just a minute because it certainly was my 2nd thought upon first hearing the news of her death. A song MOCKING and REJECTING treatment she do desperately needed is the song that shot her instant musical media stardom thanks to the MILLIONS of people (mostly in Europe and Europe) who made that song a "hit" and a music industry with the soul of bottomless pit that exploited her addictions via her talent!?!Yes indeed. She was rewarded handsomely/snark.Well..(pause).."it is what it is" as they say. She had too many illnesses AND too many inner-demons to fight (mental illnesss, drug additions and other related medical problems). Sadly, my first thought was: She finally got what she spent so much of her tormented and tortured life seeking. Death.