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Amy Winehouse

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Troubled Grammy winner Amy Winehouse was found dead at her London home. Helayne Seidman
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The “Back To Black” singer — whose meteoric rise to fame has been dogged by her well-documented struggles with drug addiction — was 27. Helayne Seidman
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Police officers arrive at the house of Amy Winehouse after she was found dead at her home. Fred Duval/WireImage
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Fans leave flowers and messages outside Amy Winehouse’s North London flat. Jeff Moore/Splash News
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More fans leave flowers and messages outside Winehouse’s home. Jeff Moore/Splash News
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Amy Winehouse joined goddaughter Dionne Bromfield on stage during the iTunes festival in what would become her last public appearance.
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Amy Winehouse performs in concert in Sao Paulo, Brazil in January 2011. Nelson Antoine/AP
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Amy Winehouse performs during a show in Florianopolis, Brazil in January 2011. Nabor Goulart/AP
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Amy Jade Winehouse was born on Sept. 14, 1983 and raised in the Southgate area of London by her mother Janis, a pharmacist, and her dad, Mitchell, a taxi driver. She developed an early interest in jazz from her father, who often sang around the house. Bergen Paul/ZUMAPRESS.com
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Amy Winehouse is seen during the 2004 Q Awards. Tim Whitby/WireImage.com
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Amy Winehouse and then-husband Blake Fielder-Civil attend the 2007 MTV Movie Awards. Steve Granitz/WireImage
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Amy Winehouse visits the ck IN2U Music Lounge at Chicago’s Hard Rock Hotel during Lollapalooza in August 2007. Hal Horowitz/WireImage
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Winehouse’s second album, “Back to Black,” helped the songstress win five Grammys in 2008 — earning her a spot in the 2009 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records for Most Grammy Awards won by a British Female Act.
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Amy Winehouse is spotted out and about in New York City in 2007. Dara Kushner/INFphoto.com
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Amy Winehouse walks around London in 2007. Goff/INFphoto.com
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Amy Winehouse poses for photographs after being interviewed by the Associated Press at a studio in north London in February 2007. Matt Dunham/AP
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Amy Winehouse looks disheveled as she makes a call on her mobile phone from steps near her home after arriving back at 11.30 a.m. from what appears to have been a wild night out in August 2010. JJ/bauergriffinonline.com
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Amy Winehouse walks to the London Clinic after visiting the FishWorks Seafood Cafe in October 2009. BIG PICTURES/bauergriffinonline.com
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Amy Winehouse arrives at court in January 2010 after being charged with assaulting a manager at the Christmas pantomime. Winehouse was given a two year conditional discharge and ordered to pay a fine for damages. GF/bauergriffinonline.com
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Amy Winehouse performs live on stage at Koko in Camden Town, London in November 2006. Simone Joyner/Getty Images
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Amy Winehouse performs during the V Festival in Hylands Park, England in August 2008. Simone Joyner/Getty Images