Death

Around 15:54, July 23, 2011 (British Summer Time, UTC +1), two ambulances were called to Winehouse's home emCamden, London, due to a call to the British police to meet a woman fainted. Shortly thereafter, the metropolitan authorities had confirmed the death of the singer. Subsequently, an investigation was opened to determine the cause of death of Amy, but the initial results were inconclusive and a toxicological analysis was required.

Only on October 26 of that year, the final reports could indicate that the cause of death resulted from an alcohol abuse after a period of abstinence, they kept until the 22th of the same month.  Suzanne Greenaway, medical examiner said: "It has consumed a large amount of alcohol, the concentration was such that it was 4.16 g / L of alcohol in the blood, and that high alcohol consumption resulted in his sudden and unexpected death".

On the day of death, the record label Universal issued a statement expressing its regret at the "unexpected loss of a talented singer and songwriter." In addition, artists such as U2, Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, Bruno Mars, Rihanna, George Michael, Adele, Kelly Clarkson, and Courtney Love made tributes to Amy Winehouse  Several fans also did tributes to Amy, leaving bottles of liquor, cups, cigarettes and several photos of the singer in front of her house in Camden, London.

The funeral took place on July 26, 2011, Tuesday, at the cemetery Edgwarebury in London. Family and close friends of the singer and some celebrities such as Kelly Osbourne and Mark Ronson Bryan Adams, attended the ceremony, which followed the precepts dareligião Jewish. Amy's body was cremated.  With the completion of the funeral, the parents of Amy Winehouse declared their intention to create umafundação to help young drug addicts.

His death brought back to its materials discographic rankings around the world.  In December 2011, Island Records began marketing the first posthumous album of Amy Winehouse, with the name Lioness: Hidden Treasures. The album received favorable reviews from the press and sold more than 501,000 copies in its first week of release. On September 15, 2012, the singer's family and friends gathered at a ceremony in Edgware, north London, to bury the ashes of the singer. Burial followed Jewish traditions