ONTD Original: Remembering Amy Winehouse 7 years after her death

[__onthebound]

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Amy Jade Winehouse (1983 - 2011) died of alcohol poisoning 7 years ago today (a death that was exacerbated by a heart condition resulting from years of addiction and bulimia), making her another name on the list of the "27 Club" (I didn't want to write she was a 'member' of the club, it just sounded bad and weirdly encouraging of this sad

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[komichi]

I remember the posts of her spiraling, when she was scary skinny and always wore those fucked up ballet slippers everyone hated.

Her story is so heartbreaking and the fact that the really ugly parts of her addiction were so publicly chronicled is tragic.

[affliction]

i remember them too :/

[__onthebound]

I made a conscious decision to not include any of those posts. To me...that's now how I want to remember a singer that was so influential on my life. I don't think of that as the "real" Amy Winehouse?

[affliction]

yea, it’s a good thing you didn’t. they were brutal. not how you should remember her

[cachettes]

The only thing I have to contribute is that today is my bday and I kinda hate that she died on this day cuz I always see posts about it and it’s like ???? I was born today let’s REJOICE!

[cachettes]

BUT, still v sad. Addiction is a monster.

[phillymademe]

today is my sister's birthday too. happy birthday to you bb!!

[cachettes]

What a blessed day! Thank you ❤️

[dior_chic]

I’ll always miss her :( I remember just being angry when she passed but now I’m just sad of what could’ve been.

[__onthebound]

same. also as someone who has struggled with addiction, lost people to addiction and continues to watch their parent struggle.........i just don't have words. i'm angry, i'm sad, i understand...but i still hate this disease

[ohwutevernvm]

😭♥️

[willardwright]

People are still such turds about her. It's so funny when somebody's addiction kills them, apparently. She seemed like a very sweet person and was super talented. It was such an enormous loss when she died, can't imagine how much more amazing music she would be able to make if she lived longer.

I love her music, but a lot of it I can't relate to. The one song I absolutely do relate to is You Sent Me Flying and I guess that's what makes it my favorite one.

[cheeseasauras]

Yeah it makes me deeply uncomfortable how people still joke about her death. I posted something about her on Facebook two years ago, on the five year anniversary of her death, and I got several joke comments in response that were tasteless and gross.

Also I will literally never forgive NPH for his “edgy” Halloween decoration that was “the corpse of Amy Winehouse” three months after her death.

[breakyerface]

Seriously, fuck NPH for that shit. The actual BBQ corpse was so grotesque looking and upsetting.

[cheeseasauras]

I looked it up before I submitted that comment to see if it was as bad as I remembered and it was worse. And made even worse by the fact that she hadn’t even been dead that long.