Remembering Amy WInehouse on her 40th birthday

[__onthebound]

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Genre spanning, bringer of jazz/rhythm/soul/blues/doo-wop back to the main stage with her 2nd album, Back to Black. Debuting in 2006, B2B was a stark difference from the woman who won an Ivor Novello award for "Stronger than Me".

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[ty]

Fuck the disease too.

[willardwright]

She truly was one of the best. I'm still mad thinking about how media treated her.

[healthypanda]

The aughts were so fucked.

[__onthebound]

It is so bard to remember her in the bloody ballet flats. We made fun of her here and I joined in. I wish I had the hindsight I have now. I didn't die in my own withdrawal and I didn't understand. I was also pushing away all my own shit because it was so hard without booze.

I had no idea until Amy and Nelsan Ellis how dangerous the detox can be. I wish they were both here, having been in the right place to prevent their deaths

[healthypanda]

I think we are the same age, and I've been on ONTD since 2005 - I can think back to some of the stuff I said then and cringe so hard. It doesn't excuse the stuff I said then, but I was much younger and there's been a lot of growth since then. I know it's the same for you too. And I'm glad that you're here with us <3

[inandoutofgrace]

I’m generally not too sad at celeb deaths purely because I’m pretty removed, I come here but I don’t love/stan anyone really. This one hurt though, especially knowing how she was treated/exploited

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[misoras]

I never made fun of her.

I have one regret though. My sister (who I don’t get on with) tried to tell me about her death but I said “ugh me alone I don’t care” and have always felt guilty about that :/

Wondering if there’s sth commemorating her birth in Camden tho.

[__onthebound]

I hope so. She was London through and through