The Rehab Amy Winehouse

A rep for Amy Winehouse confirmed the singer checked into the Priory Clinic treatment facility "on doctors' advice," on May 27, 2011. The "Rehab" singer" wanted to be ready for performances in Europe this summer and decided to seek an assessment. Winehouse, 27, also sought treatment in January 2008.

Amy Winehouse uses her mobile phone

British singer Amy Winehouse uses her mobile phone as she arrives at Belgrade airport for the start of her European comeback tour on June 18, 2011. British police say the 27-year-old singer was found dead at her home in London on Saturday, July 23, 2011

Amy Winehouse performs

Amy Winehouse performs on stage during her concert in Belgrade, Serbia on June 18, 2011. Winehouse later cancelled her European comeback tour after she swayed and slurred her way through barely recognizable songs in her first show in the Serbian capital. Booed and jeered off stage, she flew home and her management said she would take time off to recover.

British police say they found the singer dead at her home in London on Saturday, July 23, 2011. She was 27 years old.

Amy Winehouse: 1983-2011

Police officers are seen outside the home of British singer Amy Winehouse in north London, Saturday, July, 23, 2011. Amy Winehouse, the beehived soul-jazz diva whose self-destructive habits overshadowed a distinctive musical talent, was found dead Saturday in her London home, police said. She was 27

 Police forensic officers are seen outside the home of British pop singer Amy Winehouse in north London, Saturday, July, 23, 2011. Amy Winehouse, the beehived soul-jazz diva whose self-destructive habits overshadowed a distinctive musical talent, was found dead Saturday in her London home, police said. She was 27.

British singer and filmmaker Reg Traviss looks on as a member of the public passes to lay flowers near a police cordon by Camden Square, close to the home of British singer Amy Winehouse, who was found dead, Saturday, July 23, 2011. Traviss and Winehouse are known to have a close relationship. The cause of death was not immediately known, and London Ambulance Services said Winehouse had died before the two ambulance crews arrived at the scene.

 

 

Celebs mourn Amy Winehouse

 

Rihanna

"I am genuinely heartbroken about this #DearAmy"

(Rihanna later tweeted a photo of herself at a Winehouse show)

 

Katy Perry

"RIP Amy Winehouse. May she finally find peace."

 

Usher

"I'm so sad to hear the horrible news of Amy Winehouse's death. I'm so happy I knew you Amy...Rest Well. Gone Too Soon...we'll miss you!!"

Kelly Clarkson

"What a waste of a gifted person. What a shame she saw no hope and continued living her life in that manor. I have been that low emotionally and mentally and that is overwhelming."

Demi Moore

"Truly sad news about Amy Winehouse. My heart goes out to her family. May her troubled soul find peace."

Amy Winehouse found dead

Amy Winehouse, the beehived soul-jazz diva whose self-destructive habits overshadowed a distinctive musical talent, was found dead Saturday in her London home, police said. She was 27. Winehouse shot to fame with the album "Back to Black," whose blend of jazz, soul, rock and classic pop was a global hit. It won five Grammys and made Winehouse — with her black beehive hairdo and old-fashioned sailor tattoos — one of music's most recognizable stars

Police confirmed that a 27-year-old female was pronounced dead at the home in Camden Square northern London; the cause of death was not immediately known. London Ambulance Services said Winehouse had died before the two ambulance crews it sent arrived at the scene.

"I didn't go out looking to be famous," Winehouse told the Associated Press when "Back to Black" was released. "I'm just a musician."

But in the end, the music was overshadowed by fame, and by Winehouse's demons. Tabloids lapped up the erratic stage appearances, drunken fights, stints in hospital and rehab clinics. Performances became shambling, stumbling train wrecks, watched around the world on the Internet.

RIP AMY WINEHOUSE