Amy Winehouse dies.

Mikhail · **Posted:** July 24th, 2011, 5:22 am

BBC wrote:

The BBC's David Sillito: "Her private life was something of a mess."
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Amy Winehouse death

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The music world has been paying tribute to singer Amy Winehouse, 27, who has been found dead at her London home.

Her former producer Mark Ronson said: "She was my musical soulmate and like a sister to me. This is one of the saddest days of my life."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14266134

And another celebrity bites the dust. Is it just me? Or are celebs dying more often nowadays.

Adbot · **Posted:** July 24th, 2011, 5:22 am

Evelyn · **Posted:** July 24th, 2011, 11:11 am

It's probably because drugs are easier and cheaper to get.

Ranging God · **Posted:** July 24th, 2011, 11:34 am

Cliff Dude wrote:

It's probably because drugs are easier and cheaper to get.

Yeah. I mean if you have the money drugs are easy to get. Plus she got so much **** from the media, she was probably just tired of it all.

CreepyPirate · **Posted:** July 24th, 2011, 11:40 am

Bye bye. Hopefully this is a lesson for a lot of her younger fans.

trekkie · **Posted:** July 24th, 2011, 12:11 pm

i honestly, have no idea who she is

Earth · **Posted:** July 24th, 2011, 3:13 pm

Never heard of her before I saw this story

Adbot · **Posted:** July 24th, 2011, 3:13 pm

Duke Juker · RSBandB Donor since 07/01/2010

^

So maybe we should first talk about why she warrants attention and then we might get some sympathy for her.

Southrend · **Posted:** July 25th, 2011, 12:00 am

Best chances for survival for artists is getting famous after you get 27. Lots of them die at that age.

Mike · **Posted:** July 25th, 2011, 2:03 am

It's not happening more often. Previous celebrity deaths are just quickly forgotten about after the news finds the next latest celebrity gossip to report about, unless you actually knew who they are.

27 is a common age for musician deaths as Southrend mentioned. See the 27 Club

CreepyPirate · **Posted:** July 25th, 2011, 7:32 am

Duke Juker wrote:

^

So maybe we should first talk about why she warrants attention and then we might get some sympathy for her.

You need a reason to have sympathy for someone who's died? If you don't know who she is and cna't be bothered to wiki it then it doesn't matter move on.

Duke Juker · RSBandB Donor since 07/01/2010

Good point. Perhaps the better question is why should I care about her death when lots of people die around the world? Why do celebrities get more attention than anyone else in death? They are a human being just like anyone else. Why not have sympathy for everyone who dies or none at all? Seems inconsistent to care about celebrity X's death over anyone else who dies in this world.

Ryan · **Posted:** July 26th, 2011, 1:44 pm

What is particularly disgusting is how much attention she has been getting in the media and on social networking sites such as Twitter compared to the Norweigan twin attacks. Honestly you'd have thought nothing had happened in Norway.

Rune Beast0 · **Posted:** July 26th, 2011, 6:43 pm

Ryan wrote:

What is particularly disgusting is how much attention she has been getting in the media and on social networking sites such as Twitter compared to the Norweigan twin attacks. Honestly you'd have thought nothing had happened in Norway.

Well, the reason it's all over social media is because Amy Winehouse is far less personal to people. It's way easier to say "R.I.P. Amy Winehouse" than "Lost my son in the recent shooting" in a Twitter message or Facebook post. The point you're making is still valid, though.

To be honest, this isn't surprising in any way. She had a good voice, shame it's gone to waste. I'm sure the publicity she gets from being in the 27 club and everything will sell a decent amount of posthumous merchandise and records.

trekkie · **Posted:** July 27th, 2011, 1:10 pm

well.. look here. we have a thread on amy that is about to reach a 2nd page.

when my norway thread has only 1 post.

CreepyPirate · **Posted:** July 27th, 2011, 1:36 pm

trekkie wrote:

well.. look here. we have a thread on amy that is about to reach a 2nd page.

when my norway thread has only 1 post.

Yes but it's not as if any of these posts have been anything other than "who??" so they hardly count. Newspaper said she'd been dead for 7 hours before they found her. No idea why that's important.

edit: On the other hand i wouldn't be too surprised if people didn't realize norway was a country and responded with similiar comments. Perhaps that's why you got no comments they was too busy trying to locate it on a map. ///grumpy