Amy Jade Winehouse (14 September 1983 23 July 2011) was an English singer-

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After years of abusing drugs, then alcohol, Winehouse died of alcohol poisoning on 23 July
2011. Her album Back to Black posthumously became the U!s best"selling album of the 21st
century, at that point. #he $$% has called her &the pre"eminent 'ocal talent of her
generation&*