satindesire
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Amy Winehouse the lastest member of the '27 Club'
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DeepGreenEyes
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Sad.
I wish you could say it was unexpected.
I wish you could say it was unexpected.
TarevaChine
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So true! Hopefully she is remembered for being a person and her talent. If they talk about her addiction, I hope it's not to rip her apart but to bring more awareness of addiction being a disease.
satindesire
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On "the other website", I'm shocked by how judgmental and nasty people are being over this. It's good to see some humanity over it. 
Babyslave
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On "the other website", I'm shocked by how judgmental and nasty people are being over this. It's good to see some humanity over it.
You couldn't deny she had musical talent, a great gift. That anyone could take some sort of sick pleasure in it? A human life, for goodness sake. Breaks my heart.
QFT. Addiction is such an insidious disease. It is heartbreaking to watch someone fall into it.
It would be great if awareness could somehow bloom from this tragedy. Sadly, too many people are vultures and take great delight in being nasty, even when faced with other people's grief.
Like DGE, I find this news to be sad, but not terribly shocking. I really enjoy her music. My thoughts go out to her loved ones. One can only imagine how they must be feeling
Sir_Winston54
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It's a shame. Her style wasn't my favorite, TBH, but her talent was unmistakable. It's a shame that so many artists seem to not be able to find joy in their arts and have to retreat into the artificial happiness of drugs.
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Mmmm, someone I know on fb was saying that while sad, it wasn't a tradegy, that what happened in Oslo is a tradegy.
This still is though. Nevermind her lifestyle choices, and whether her death was an accident she bought upon herself or not, she had loved ones, she was a living, breathing human being, so yes, it's a goddamn tradegy.
This still is though. Nevermind her lifestyle choices, and whether her death was an accident she bought upon herself or not, she had loved ones, she was a living, breathing human being, so yes, it's a goddamn tradegy.
satindesire
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The Schadenfreude is thick.
Addicts are still people. PEOPLE.
Addicts are still people. PEOPLE.
Curious_in_Cali
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So very sad that she struggled so intensely and left so soon. I am grateful that she gave the world what she was able to while she was here. She certainly touched many lives with her work and her music will of course live on. Much comfort and peace to her and those undoubtedly heavy hearts that were dear and close to her. 
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catalina_francisco
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Very sad. I have had Back To Black playing on my CD player this week but can't face listening to it for now. I read she had been diagnosed bi-polar but refused medication....if it were true, it may explain a lot and unfortunately, if someone had acted in her best interests at that time, may have prevented her too early death.
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satindesire
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Very sad. I have had Back To Black playing on my CD player this week but can't face listening to it for now. I read she had been diagnosed bi-polar but refused medication....if it were true, it may explain a lot and unfortunately, if someone had acted in her best interests at that time, may have prevented her too early death.
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I completely agree.
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She was extremely talented, no doubt. She was also a junkie. As "we" are taught in NA, "using" leads to one of three places ultimately...jails, institutions, or death. I don't blame anyone but her for her own demise because IMO she was given multiple opportunities to put her life on a better path as well as vast financial resources and in essence pissed both of those away...
satindesire
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And here we go again.
Do you really have to do this? I don't think ANY of us here are in a place to judge her actions in life.
TarevaChine
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Well said, Satin!
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Or, put another way, her disease (addiction) had such a strong grip on her that even with all that money and all those chances etc etc she still couldn't manage to escape its clutches.
My motto? Never judge someone unless you have lived a whole lifetime in their shoes.
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The people who made her famous and made money off of her knew she was addicted. As far as I can tell they did nothing but encouraged her and plant stories about her to keep the brand hot and money rolling in. They will enjoy the uptick in revenue from her death and dine out on this tragedy for some time to come. That is very sad, IMO.
She was talented. She was a mess. Most of those who said anything about seemed to be getting off on her mess a bit and in some cases out right profiting from it.
This is clearly a tragedy. It doesn't matter if she wouldn't or couldn't help herself. It's still a tragedy.
She was talented. She was a mess. Most of those who said anything about seemed to be getting off on her mess a bit and in some cases out right profiting from it.
This is clearly a tragedy. It doesn't matter if she wouldn't or couldn't help herself. It's still a tragedy.
DreamSensualist
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The people who made her famous and made money off of her knew she was addicted. As far as I can tell they did nothing but encouraged her and plant stories about her to keep the brand hot and money rolling in. They will enjoy the uptick in revenue from her death and dine out on this tragedy for some time to come. That is very sad, IMO.
She was talented. She was a mess. Most of those who said anything about seemed to be getting off on her mess a bit and in some cases out right profiting from it.
This is clearly a tragedy. It doesn't matter if she wouldn't or couldn't help herself. It's still a tragedy.
This is so true. Not just in regard to those who are in the public eye, but those who live a private life. And not only death, but lives lived and wasted, dream shattered due to mental health issues be it natural brain chemicals or legal pharmaceuticals or illegal drugs, the the hearts of those who love them and can't do anything to save them.
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I actually saw her perform in Dubai a few months ago. I was really looking forward to seeing her and sadly it was the most God-awful concert I've ever been to. She spent a lot of time distractedly picking her nails, warbling incoherently, and looking angrily pained at the people streaming from the venue.
I actually felt like giving her a big hug and a cuppa tea even though I'd paid the earth to see her.
What a waste of an incredible voice and a beautiful life.
I actually felt like giving her a big hug and a cuppa tea even though I'd paid the earth to see her.
What a waste of an incredible voice and a beautiful life.
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This is clearly a tragedy. It doesn't matter if she wouldn't or couldn't help herself. It's still a tragedy.
Yes, this!
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You must have been the third person who has said that --- that despite a very shoddy performance, you felt bad for her.
I actually saw her in London a few years ago - and she was amazing. I guess she was coherent that day.
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catalina_francisco
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Guess it depends how you look at it. If she was bipolar, it is not that unusual for her to turn to substance abuse, nor to refuse conventional medication which may have given her more control over her own choices and actions. I also think when someone decides to introduce another to drugs, they must bear some responsibility. While in hindsight it is easy to say it was the others choice to take it, we all make mistakes along the road of life, just for some it is more deadly a mistake than perhaps you or I have made, and more public. Either way I see it as a tragedy I wish for her sake, and her family and friends, had not happened.
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