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Coroner: Amy Winehouse died as unintended consequence of drinking too much alcohol LONDON - Amy Winehouse died as the unintended consequence of drinking too much alcohol, a British coroner ruled Wednesday.
Coroner Suzanne Greenaway gave a verdict of "death by misadventure," saying the singer died of accidental alcohol poisoning. "The unintended consequence of such potentially fatal levels (of alcohol) was her sudden and unexpected death," Greenaway said.
The singer, who had fought drug and alcohol problems for years, was found dead in bed at her London home on July 23 at age 27. An initial autopsy proved inconclusive, although it found no traces of illegal drugs in her system.
\Pathologist Suhail Baithun told the inquest into the singer's death that Winehouse had consumed a "very large quantity of alcohol" — the level in her blood put her more than five times over the legal drunk-driving limit. Police Detective Inspector Les Newman, who was called after a security guard found Winehouse, said empty vodka bottles were scattered around her bedroom.
Winehouse's doctor, Dr. Christina Romete, said the singer had resumed drinking in the days before her death after a period of abstinence.
Romete, who saw Winehouse the night before she died, said the singer was "tipsy but calm." She said Winehouse had not spoken of suicide, and talked about her upcoming birthday.
Romete said Winehouse had been prescribed drugs including the sedative Librium to help her cope with the symptoms of alcohol withdrawal, but the coroner said these had played no role in her death.
Winehouse family spokesman Chris Goodman said it was a relief to the family "to finally find out what happened to Amy."
"The court heard that Amy was battling hard to conquer her problems with alcohol and it is a source of great pain to us that she could not win in time," he said. | |
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Not surprised. Seems many addicts who quit cold turkey or on their own end up picking up 'other' things like alcohol even if it was never their 'thing'. Amy was one of my modern favs and its so sad she went out like that! However,I guess its better to have this come out versus the typical 'o.d' and drug theories! | |
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If only she had known this was going to be the bender that would kill her. I wish she had a Diet Coke addiction instead. "Keep in mind that I'm an artist...and I'm sensitive about my shit."--E. Badu | |
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Alcohol is a drug too, people often forget about that. With a very special thank you to Tina: Is hammer already absolute, how much some people verändern...ICH hope is never so I will be! And if, then I hope that I would then have wen in my environment who joins me in the A.... | |
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Sad. Well hopefully she's resting wherever she is. | |
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this isnt shocking... alcohol is a drug too...Nick Ashford was someone I greatly admired, had the honor of knowing, and was the real-life inspiration for Cowboy Curtis' hair. RIP Nick. - Pee Wee Herman | |
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Dang! She essentially drank herself to death. Her poor liver was working overtime to remove toxins from the bloodstream.
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Oh I agree but most people don't see it as on 'that' level. Its more accepted. Kinda like prescription abuse vs 'street drugs'. I'm not advocating any of this stuff btw I just notice the 'trend' with addicts. [Edited 10/26/11 10:32am] | |
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She was always a boozer. Space for sale... | |
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Yeah she was, the song Rehab is about alcohol addiction...not drugs. "Keep in mind that I'm an artist...and I'm sensitive about my shit."--E. Badu | |
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Of course but it got worst after the drugs went out. Her folks even said that. | |
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Amy was a true talent. She had her addictions and she had some very dark days, but to me she had real talent. There are not many that could deliver a song the way she could. Her arrangements were amazing and so were her lyrics. She struggled to perform some days too, but in the end, she had what it takes to be a great singer/songwriter.
I'm happy to have the music she released during her short life, but I wish to hell there was more to come. | |
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Exactly! She was a jewel in modern popular music. All the other stuff never took me away from her art. I just hoped she'd be around alittle longer but it wasn't to be. | |
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RIP Amy, I hoped it wasn't suicide when I first read that though I didn't really think so. I guess it's easier to think that if you don't have more details on her last few days. | |
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r.i.p. Amy
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wow what a sad ending for her and her family.
It is common when people abstain and then fall off wagon and go back to the addiction that they overdose on the drug/drink.
YOur body becomes accustomed to not having the drug/drink and then when the person falls off of the wagon, they don't restart slowly and then build back up... they go right back to the level of consumption that they had before. But if the body is not ready for that amount...
I believe this is what happened to Rick James as well. "Remember, one man's filler is another man's killer" -- Haystack | |
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