Showing posts with label Amy Winehouse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Amy Winehouse. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

'Amy Winehouse and Reg Traviss secretly got engaged weeks before her death'

By SARAH FITZMAURICE

Secretly engaged: Amy Winehouse and Reg Traviss are said to have gotten secretly engaged weeks before she died

He admitted he had lost ‘his dear love’ speaking out about Amy Winehouse’s tragic death.

But it has now been claimed that Reg Traviss proposed to the Back To Black singer and they were secretly engaged.

Reg, 35, presented Amy, 27, with a diamond ring and she accepted his proposal, The Sun has reported.


Heartbroken: After Amy's death Reg, pictured at the singer's funeral, admitted he had lost his 'dear love'


A source told the paper: ‘Reg asked Amy and of course she said “Yes”. She loved him.’

‘She wanted nothing more than to be his wife and to start a family with him. She wanted to get rid of her demons so badly.’

According to reports the couple became engaged just weeks before her death and were planning a wedding for next year.

It has been no secret that Reg, who has been with Amy’s friends and family since her shocking death, has been devastated losing the singer.


Hurting: Reg was seen with Amy's family as they inspected the tributes left outside Amy's Camden home


Speaking for the first time since her death he said last week: ‘The last three days have been hell. We have suffered a terrible untimely loss and want peace now.’

'I can't describe what I am going through and I want to thank so much all of the people who have paid their respects and who are mourning the loss of Amy, such a beautiful, brilliant person and my dear love. I have lost my darling who I loved very much.'

Amy’s father Mitch paid tribute to Reg speaking at Amy’s funeral last week.

He said: ‘Amy found love with Reg. He helped her with her problems and Amy was looking forward to their future together.’


In happier times: Reg is said to have proposed to Amy with a diamond ring and she accepted, pictured in June 2010


'Heartbroken': It was reported today that Amy was left upset when ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil turned down her recent request to visit him in prison


source: dailymail

'I couldn't speak for 48 hours': Lady Gaga reveals her devastation after learning of Amy Winehouse's death

By SARAH FITZMAURICE

I couldn't speak: Lady Gaga reveals how devastated she was when she heard about Amy Winehouse passing away

Lady Gaga has revealed she was so devastated by Amy Winehouse’s death she couldn’t speak for 48 hours.

The Judas singer appeared on The View chat show, which aired in the U.S. earlier today, and spoke of her grief, even though she never met the Back To Black singer.

She told the panel: ‘I am just so devastated and so sad and I really could not speak for 48 hours straight I was in such shock.’


'Most lovely and kind': Lady Gaga revealed how much she loved Amy, despite never meeting her, as she appeared on The View chat show

Lady Gaga then went on to explain how a lesson should be learnt from the death of the singer, who she described as ‘the most lovely and nice and kind woman’.

She told the ladies of the ABC panel: ‘I think the most unfortunate thing about it all is the way that the media spins things, like we can learn from Amy's death.

‘I don't feel that Amy needed to learn any lessons. I felt that the lesson was for the world to be kinder to the superstar.’


Black and white: The 25-year-old singer donned a dogtooth patterned outfit for her interview on The View where she gave some frank responses and spoke about Amy Winehouse

‘Everybody was so hard on her, and everything that I knew about her was that she was the most lovely and nice and kind woman.’

The outspoken singer also said: ‘You know, you can't have it both ways. You can't enjoy listening to someone sing sad songs about the blues and heartbreak and then not expect them to be truly heartbroken.’

Lady Gaga, who is currently on a promotional tour for her new single, spoke about Amy just last week on Omaha 94.1 Radio during an interview where she revealed she was often mistaken for the soul singer before she herself found fame.


Drug problem: The panel discussed the Back to Black singer's battle with drugs and Lady Gaga spoke out about how she managed to quit hard drugs

After hearing the news of Amy’s death Lady Gaga took to Twitter and posted: ‘Amy changed pop music forever, I remember knowing there was hope, and feeling not alone because of her. She lived jazz, she lived the blues.’


Take it away: Lady Gaga jumped on the piano and started singing to the audience and talk show hosts


Gaga, who has admitted to using hard drugs in the past, said she no longer did drugs apart from being an occasional user of marijuana saying ‘I am a little bit part of the green club’.

She explained how she stopped using hard drugs when her father called her out.

She said: ‘My dad was like, “I know what you're doing, and just so you know, I did it and I lost every friend and everything that I ever had while I did it.” He shared with me his life story and his struggle, so that was what ultimately changed my life. Honestly it was the best thing that happened. I never went back.’


Performance: Lady Gaga singing 'You and I' on ABC's The View after her interview


Matching fabric: Miss Gaga matched her outfit with the piano for the amazing performance




source: dailymail

Monday, August 1, 2011

'Amy Winehouse bought £1,200 of crack and heroin the night before she died', claims fixer

By Daily Mail Reporter


A London drug fixer claims he helped Amy Winehouse buy £1,200 of crack cocaine and heroin the night before she died.

Tony Azzopardi, who is due to be re-interviewed by police today, alleged he helped the late singer buy the Class A narcotics in the early hours of July 23rd - the same day she was found dead in her London home.

The 56-year-old, who was introduced to the tragic star by her ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil, claimed he wanted her family to 'know the truth about what happened'.

Unanswered questions: Amy Winehouse on stage in Serbia a month before she died


Azzopardi told the Daily Mirror he bumped into the singer in a black cab near The Eagle pub around 11:30pm on July 22nd.

Several people had previously claimed to have seen Amy outisde the Good Mixer bar in Camden that night.

Azzopardi claims Amy asked him to help her buy some drugs and they rode together in the taxi to West Hampstead, where he made a phonecall to a local dealer.

The fixer: Tony Azzopardi claims to have smoked heroin with Amy Winehouse on Friday, the night before her death

Conflicting reports: Tony Azzopardi claims he helped the singer buy drugs in the early hours of July 23 - the same day she was found dead at her Camden, London home


A short time later, he alleges the singer handed over £1,200 for half an ounce each of crack and heroin.

He claims he last saw her when she dropped him off in Archway, North London before heading back to her Camden home.

Hours later, Amy's lifeless body was found by her bodyguard around 4pm.

Despite Azzopardi's claims, police said they found no drug paraphenalia at the singer's house.

However, the Winehouse family say Azzopardi's story does not match up with Amy's movements.

Winehouse's father Mitch told mourners at Amy's funeral last week how she had quit drinking recently after giving up drugs several years previously.

The family have confirmed they believe Amy quitting booze may have contributed to her untimely death, with her body going into shock or a seizure from alcohol withdrawal.

Mitch said Amy was happy with her boyfriend Reg Traviss and was looking forward to the future in the days leading up to her death.

It could be several weeks before the cause of Amy's death is discovered as her family await a toxicology report.

An initial post-mortem proved inconclusive.

Tim Bittlestone, of solicitors Leslie Franks, confirmed to the Mirror: 'Myself and Azzopardi attended Kentish Town police station. We will speak to them again on Monday.'

A police spokesperson refused to comment.

A spokesperson for Amy could not be reached for comment


source: dailymail

Saturday, July 30, 2011

Don’t blame my son for Amy’s death: Blake Fielder-Civil's mother's plea as she insists the couple were still in love

By KATHERINE KNIGHT

Iconic: Amy Winehouse and husband Blake Fielder-Civil enjoy a cigarette break in Soho, New York, at the height of their love affair


Earlier this week, Georgette Fielder-Civil’s husband made a grim prediction. ‘He said I had to prepare for the worst about our son Blake,’ she says. ‘That we would be burying him within five years.’

A heartbreaking notion for any mother, but one that Georgette finds it difficult to contradict, given the events of recent days.

Last weekend, Blake’s former wife, Amy Winehouse, was found dead at her north London home at the age of just 27.


Blake Fielder-Civil's mother, Georgette, has spoken for the first time since Amy Winehouse's death: 'We all played our part in what happened to her,' she says


While the cause of her death has still not yet been established, there is no doubt that drugs were responsible for turning the once vivacious singer into an emaciated wreck who would lurch publicly from one crisis to another.

Amy was locked in a grim downward spiral with which Georgette, 48, can all too readily identify. A respectable, middle-class mother from a picturesque Nottinghamshire village, she has been left helpless in the face of her own privately-educated son’s descent from promising musician into hopeless addict.


Destructive relationship: Amy met Blake in 2004 and there began a partnership that saw them both descend into drug and alcohol abuse


Her greatest fear now is that it will not be long before he follows Amy to the grave.

She has also had to contend with suggestions from Amy’s fans and family that it was Winehouse’s chaotic five-year relationship with her son that sent the singer off the rails — that effectively, Blake has Amy’s blood on his hands.

It is a sentiment that fills her with sorrow, and one which she believes masks a more unpalatable truth.



Wrecked: This now infamous image was taken as the couple left London's luxury Sanderson Hotel. Amy is bruised, smudged and has blood on her feet, while Blake's face has been scratched


‘I am not asking anyone to say “poor Blake” — he made his choices and he has to live with them,’ she says in her first interview since Amy’s death.

‘I’m not trying to defend his behaviour and I know him for what he is: he’s an addict and he has done some terrible things. He feels enormous grief and responsibility for some of the things that have happened, as well he should. But I also think he’s been made the fall guy for what happened to Amy, when the truth is, in fact, far more complicated.

‘We all played our part in what happened to her. I have had to look deep into my heart and wonder if I could have helped, done things differently.’


Volatile: Amy with Blake at the MTV Awards in 2007, left. A year later, she attended Snaresbrook Crown Court in London with Georgette, right, where she saw Blake jailed for 27 months


Yet Georgette’s main complaint is that Amy’s father, Mitch, was virulently opposed to her relationship with Blake, believing the young addict was a disastrous influence on her.

Many would find his concerns only too understandable — yet Georgette insists, whatever his own failings, that Blake’s devotion to Amy was the mainstay of the singer’s life.


Out of control: Amy was herself no stranger to law-breaking, pictured here in 2010 arriving at Milton Keynes Magistrates Court before she admitted common assault


‘Amy frequently said that the only person who could fix her was Blake.

‘She spoke to Blake the whole time before she died. Friends of Blake’s have told me that she telephoned him in prison the day before she died and asked if he could arrange for a visiting order.


Disapproving: Amy's mother Janis and father Mitch, pictured here last week looking at tributes left outside the late singer's home, never liked Blake and believed he introduced her to hard drugs


But she also knew that it would cause trouble. In one of the last conversations I had with her she said: “I can’t tell Dad I’m talking to you as he’d go mad and it’s not worth it.”

‘Blake and Amy could have had a chance of happiness — I truly believe that — but only if their families were both behind them. I honestly believe that if they’d been given another chance, Amy might still be with us. Now we will never know.’


Grief: Mitch is consoled by friends while he attends his daughter funeral at Golders Green Crematorium in north London


Tragic waste: Tributes outside Amy's home show the devastation of fans. Blake, her ex-husband, is said to be so overcome with grief that he can't get out of his prison bed

source: dailymail

Friday, July 29, 2011

As she would have wanted: Family and friends of Amy Winehouse head to singer's favourite jazz club to celebrate her life

By Sarah Fitzmaurice


To Amy: Amy Winehouse's friends and family, Kelly Osbourne and her father Mitch pictured, joined at Jazz After Dark to remember the singer last night


They returned to their daughter’s house to look through her belongings and visit the growing number of tributes outside her Camden home.

But after the agonising trawl of the home where Amy Winehouse died on Saturday, the singer’s parents joined friends and family at her favourite jazz club to celebrate her life.

The estranged couple, Mitch and Janis, were joined by their daughter’s ex-boyfriend Reg Traviss and her close friends at Jazz After Dark in Soho.


Kelly Osbourne, a close friend of Amy’s who flew back to the U.K. from America after hearing the news of her death was also in attendance with Eliza Doolittle also joining in the celebrations.

And despite the heartache of the past week the group rallied together to remember Amy, in a way she would appreciate, honouring her life with smiles, sharing memories of the talented singer.

Lifted spirits: Amy's mother Janis smiled as she shared memories of her daughter with friends and family

In celebration: Amy's ex-boyfriend Reg Traviss and singer Eliza Doolittle were in attendance at the Soho night club last night


Earlier that day Mitch and Janis had made their way to Amy's north London home.

Amy's father, 60, handed out T-shirts to waiting fans outside the Camden property, with many desperate for something of the singer's to remember her by.

Close: Amy's friend Kelly Osbourne attended the event and was seen giving Mitch a warm embrace


Mitch and Janis, 56, were accompanied by their son Alex and close friend Tyler James as they looked at the tributes left outside the property before making their way inside.

According to Jewish tradition the Winehouse family will be observing the tradition of Shiva for a week.

The period of mourning, which sees the family pray every night, is part of the customs of bereavement in Judaism.

Handouts: Mitch Winehouse pops out of his daughter's home to give out T-shirts to waiting mourners

Mourning: The Winehouse's are observing the Jewish tradition of Shiva a week-long custom aimed to help with the bereavement process


The estranged couple's appearance at the house comes as it has been claimed the singer - who died at the age of 27 on Saturday - passed away was because she stopped drinking.

Some of her security guards also appeared at the house to start clearing some of the singer's belongings - including, poignantly, a guitar.

They also carried out holdalls and suitcases of items thought to hold special meaning for her family and friends.

Mourning: Amy Winehouse's parents Mitch and Janis were seen arriving at the singer's house this morning

Tributes: Amy's north London home is guarded by a security professional as fans leave floral tributes and messages for the tragic singer


It is thought that Amy had been told to cut down on her drinking gradually, but her cold turkey approach to quitting the booze gave her frail body a shock it couldn’t handle.

A source close to the family told the The Sun newspaper: ‘Abstinence gave her body such a fright they thought it was eventually the cause of her death.’

Sad task: An acoustic guitar in a binliner is taken from Amy's home in Camden Square as the heartrending job of clearing her belongings begins

Removals: Security guards for the late star left with bags of property as mourning fans looked on

Taken away: One of the bags was labelled to help the contents be identified


The Rehab singer was found dead at her Camden home by a body guard on Saturday and, after an inconclusive autopsy, her funeral was held on Tuesday attended by her close friends and family.

Amy’s father Mitch gave a touching eulogy where he said that Amy had beaten her battle with drink and drugs and she hadn’t drunk for three weeks and hadn’t touched drugs for years.

However it has been claimed that the singer was drinking gin and red bull drinks at the Roundhouse in Camden three days before her death as her goddaughter Dionne Bromfield performed as part of the iTunes festival.

Saying goodbye: Amy's brother Alex was also in attendance at the singer's house today

Touching: Mitch receives a hug from several of the fans waiting outside the house

Emotional: One fan sobs as she breathes into a T-shirt which once belonged to Amy


Speaking on Tuesday Mitch told mourners: ‘Three years ago, Amy conquered her drug dependency, the doctors said it was impossible but she really did it. She was trying hard to deal with her drinking and had just completed three weeks of abstinence.’

'She said, "Dad, I've had enough of drinking. I can't stand the look on your and the family's faces any more'.

Tragic loss: Amy Winehouse's family are said to believe that the reason she died was because she cut out booze totally

A source told The Sun: ‘Mitch said the shock of giving up, and everything she had been through over a bad few years was just too much for her to take.’


Amy’s doctor had given her a clean bill of health the day before she died.

Dr Julian Spinks told the Daily Star: ‘If you go from very high alcohol consumption to nothing you can get the DTs and fits that can leave you unconscious, in danger of stopping breathing and dying because of that.’

While the reasons for Amy’s death will not be revealed until toxicology results come through, which police say could take up to four weeks.

Meanwhile the police are said to be piecing together Amy’s final hours and there are reports that the singer may have met up with a ‘mystery man’ hours before her death, The Mirror has reported.

Hundreds of fans have paid tribute to the singer creating a shrine outside her London home and on the day of the funeral well-wishers celebrated her life with a party.

Mitch visited the street and said: 'Amy was about one thing and that was love. Her whole life was devoted to her family and her friends and to you guys as well. We're devastated and I'm speechless, but thanks for coming.'

Her boyfriend, film director Reg Traviss, also paid tribute to the singer and said he had lost 'my darling who I loved very much'.

Yesterday her close friend Mark Ronson performed a special set in tribute to the singer in his first performance since her death.

It has also been claimed that Amy left a trove of unreleased music, but no decision has been made about whether it will be released.

Spokesman Chris Goodman says there is 'plenty' of material, but there have been no discussions yet about releasing anything.

Sales of her music have soared since her death. In the U.S., digital sales of her tracks have risen by 2,000 percent in the past week.


source: dailymail

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Amy Winehouse's father hands out T-shirts outside her home as reports emerge suggesting she died because she quit alcohol

By Sarah Fitzmaurice


Handouts: Mitch Winehouse pops out of his daughter's home to give out T-shirts to waiting mourners


Amy Winehouse's parents returned to the tragic singer's house amid reports their daughter died because she quit alcohol.

Her father Mitch and mother Janis made their way to Amy's north London home this morning as part of the Jewish tradition, Shiva.

Later in the day Mitch, 60, handed out T-shirts to waiting fans outside the Camden property.

Mourning: The Winehouse's are observing the Jewish tradition of Shiva a week-long custom aimed to help with the bereavement process


Mitch and Janis, 56, were accompanied by their son Alex and close friend Tyler James as they looked at the tributes left outside the property before making their way inside.

According to Jewish tradition the Winehouse family will be observing the tradition of Shiva for a week.

The period of mourning is part of the customs of bereavement in Judaism.

Mourning: Amy Winehouse's parents Mitch and Janis were seen arriving at the singer's house this morning

Tributes: Amy's north London home is guarded by a security professional as fans leave floral tributes and messages for the tragic singer


The estranged couple's appearance at the house comes as it has been claimed the singer - who died at the age of 27 on Saturday - passed away was because she stopped drinking.

Some of her security guards also appeared at the house to start clearing some of the singer's belongings - including, poignantly, a guitar.

They also carried out holdalls and suitcases of items thought to hold special meaning for her family and friends.

Sad task: An acoustic guitar in a binliner is taken from Amy's home in Camden Square as the heartrending job of clearing her belongings begins

Removals: Security guards for the late star left with bags of property as mourning fans looked on

Taken away: One of the bags was labelled to help the contents be identified


It is thought that Amy had been told to cut down on her drinking gradually, but her cold turkey approach to quitting the booze gave her frail body a shock it couldn’t handle.

A source close to the family told the The Sun newspaper: ‘Abstinence gave her body such a fright they thought it was eventually the cause of her death.’

Saying goodbye: Amy's brother Alex was also in attendance at the singer's house today

Touching: Mitch receives a hug from several of the fans waiting outside the house

Emotional: One fan sobs as she breathes into a T-shirt which once belonged to Amy


The Rehab singer was found dead at her Camden home by a body guard on Saturday and, after an inconclusive autopsy, her funeral was held on Tuesday attended by her close friends and family.

Amy’s father Mitch gave a touching eulogy where he said that Amy had beaten her battle with drink and drugs and she hadn’t drunk for three weeks and hadn’t touched drugs for years.

However it has been claimed that the singer was drinking gin and red bull drinks at the Roundhouse in Camden three days before her death as her goddaughter Dionne Bromfield performed as part of the iTunes festival.

Tragic loss: Amy Winehouse's family are said to believe that the reason she died was because she cut out booze totally


Speaking on Tuesday Mitch told mourners: ‘Three years ago, Amy conquered her drug dependency, the doctors said it was impossible but she really did it. She was trying hard to deal with her drinking and had just completed three weeks of abstinence.’

'She said, "Dad, I've had enough of drinking. I can't stand the look on your and the family's faces any more'.

A source told The Sun: ‘Mitch said the shock of giving up, and everything she had been through over a bad few years was just too much for her to take.’

Amy’s doctor had given her a clean bill of health the day before she died.

Dr Julian Spinks told the Daily Star: ‘If you go from very high alcohol consumption to nothing you can get the DTs and fits that can leave you unconscious, in danger of stopping breathing and dying because of that.’

While the reasons for Amy’s death will not be revealed until toxicology results come through, which police say could take up to four weeks.

Meanwhile the police are said to be piecing together Amy’s final hours and there are reports that the singer may have met up with a ‘mystery man’ hours before her death, The Mirror has reported.

Hundreds of fans have paid tribute to the singer creating a shrine outside her London home and on the day of the funeral well-wishers celebrated her life with a party.

Mitch visited the street and said: 'Amy was about one thing and that was love. Her whole life was devoted to her family and her friends and to you guys as well. We're devastated and I'm speechless, but thanks for coming.'

Her boyfriend, film director Reg Traviss, also paid tribute to the singer and said he had lost 'my darling who I loved very much'.

Yesterday her close friend Mark Ronson performed a special set in tribute to the singer in his first performance since her death.

It has also been claimed that Amy left a trove of unreleased music, but no decision has been made about whether it will be released.

Spokesman Chris Goodman says there is 'plenty' of material, but there have been no discussions yet about releasing anything.

Sales of her music have soared since her death. In the U.S., digital sales of her tracks have risen by 2,000 percent in the past week.


source: dailymail