Editor’s note: This article was first published in July 2011. It is a news item from 23 July 2011, and the events it describes were current at that time.
What seemed to be a rumor or a tasteless joke has now been confirmed: Amy Winehouse has been found dead at her home in London. Everything suggests the cause was an overdose. The price of fame? Feeling alone at the top? Not getting the right support from those friends?…
The fact is that Amy Winehouse didn’t reach the top by chance: her voice was a gift. We know for certain that Amy tried to fight her two biggest and most dangerous addictions, alcohol and drugs. But this woman, always surrounded by fans, managers, musical directors and so on, knew perfectly well, once the glamour of a concert was over, what it feels like to be “alone and surrounded by people at the same time”.
Amy Winehouse has paid the heavy price of fame. She was unable to control the dark side of success and got into circles that are very hard to get out of. Even so, whatever her lifestyle, she was a star, although sadly her death was also one that is all too common among stars. Rest in peace.
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