“It was between the two albums that she went off the rails, partly in reaction against the fame. Winehouse won critical acclaim after the release of her debut album “Frank” in 2003 before becoming a worldwide phenomenon with the success of “Back to Black”. “She would get up and walk out of the room in disgust if someone even mentioned taking coke or something.” “Before she became famous, it wasn’t merely that she didn’t use hard drugs, she was against hard drugs,” biographer Chas Newkey-Burden told Sky News. In many cases their posthumous fame has surpassed the success they enjoyed in their career, with their recordings still selling and enjoyed by a new audience. Other members of what has been dubbed the “Forever 27” club include Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison, who died at that age in different circumstances after chaotic lifestyles associated with a rock’n’roll career. Her best known song, the booming “Rehab”, from “Back to Black” bore witness to her doomed struggle to get clean.

Police say it is too early to speculate on how Winehouse died and a post mortem will not be conducted before Monday morning, but Winehouse’s struggle with alcohol and drug addiction were well documented. Winehouse, found dead at her London home on Saturday, occupied top slot on the iTunes UK download chart 24 hours later with “Back to Black”, the 2006 album that won five Grammy awards in the United States and turned the troubled north London girl into an international star. Late British singer Amy Winehouse performs during the 'Rock in Rio' music festival in Arganda del Rey, near Madrid in this Jfile photo.

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