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August 01, 2011
Amy Winehouse: I Mourn Her Loss Every Day
Just as I mourn Gail Russell and Peggie Castle.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gail_Russell
On July 5, 1957, she was photographed by a Los Angeles Times photographer after she drove her convertible into the front of Jan's coffee shop at 8424 Beverly Blvd. Russell was driving under the influence.
She appeared in two more films after that, but was not able to control her addiction, and on August 26, 1961, Russell was found dead in her apartment in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California at the age of 36. She died from liver damage attributed to alcohol. She was found to have been suffering from malnutrition at the time of her death.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggie_Castle
Retired from acting after she married director William McGarry in 1964; she was married four times overall. She subsequently became an alcoholic and died at the age of forty-five of cirrhosis of the liver.
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THESE WOMEN WERE JUST TOO YOUNG TO DIE FROM ALCOHOLISM - BUT IT HAPPENS EVERY DAY.
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Amy Winehouse: Fixer who claims he helped her buy drugs on eve of tragedy faces new cop quiz
THE fixer who says he met Amy Winehouse the night before she died claimed yesterday he was terrified of the “Mr Big” drug dealer he hooked her up with.
Tony Azzopardi is due to be re-interviewed by detectives today after alleging he took the troubled singer to buy crack cocaine and heroin.
The 56-year-old, who says he became friends with Amy, 27, through her former husband Blake Fielder-Civil, has promised to do all he can to help police piece together her final hours.
He said: “I want Amy’s family to know the truth about what happened. I want to help them out – but I’m worried about my safety.”
He said he was nervous about possible “comebacks” from the dealer, describing him as a local “Mr Big” in the Camden area of North London.
Several people claim to have seen Amy outside Camden bar The Good Mixer a week ago on Friday evening, the night before she was found dead.
Azzopardi claims she pulled alongside him in a black cab as he walked near a pub called The Eagle at 11.30pm.
He says she asked him to help her buy drugs and they went in the taxi to West Hampstead, where he made a call to a dealer from a phone box.
As they waited, he says Amy told him she was annoyed that Fielder-Civil had been ringing her from prison, and “hassling” her.
Azzopardi said the dealer, who he claims was known to Amy, arrived in a car and handed over drugs. He says she paid £1,200 for half an ounce of crack and the same of heroin.
Later, he says, she dropped him off in nearby Archway before she went home in the early hours of Saturday. Amy was found at 4pm that day. Police said they found no evidence of drugs or drug paraphenalia in her home.
Doctors revealed she had been dead for several hours.
Azzopardi, who has a long list of convictions and a history of drink and drug abuse, said: “When Amy dropped me off, she gave me a kiss on the cheek and that was it – the last time I saw her.”
He added: “She looked good, you know, fit – like she’d been clean for a while and filled out a bit. I couldn’t believe it when I found out she was gone.”
But the Winehouse family last night said they were not convinced his account fitted with Amy’s movements.
They believe she died of a seizure or heart attack because her body couldn’t handle the shock of quitting booze and going “cold turkey”.
Amy’s dad Mitch, 60, says she stayed at home and played drums on the eve of the tragedy. He told at her funeral how she had weaned herself off drugs and was making a “fantastic recovery”.
A postmortem proved inconclusive and it will be some weeks before results of toxicology tests may reveal the cause of death.
Tim Bittlestone, of solicitors Leslie Franks, said: “Myself and Azzopardi attended Kentish Town police station. We will speak to them again on Monday.”
The Met police refused to comment.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/08/01/amy-winehouse-fixer-who-claims-he-helped-her-buy-drugs-on-eve-of-tragedy-faces-new-cop-quiz-115875-23311763/
Posted by Nealus at August 1, 2011 04:35 AM
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