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Quitting Alcohol Killed Winehouse, Says Family

Source says abrupt withdrawal was 'shock' to body

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 28, 2011 10:59 AM CDT

(Newser) – According to Amy Winehouse's family, booze didn't kill the singer: The lack of booze did. Family sources tell the Sun they believe she cut herself off from alcohol too quickly, giving her body a fatal "shock." Doctors had warned her to quit drinking gradually, but instead she went cold turkey three weeks before her death. "Abstinence gave her body such a fright they thought it was eventually the cause of her death," one source says.

But, the Sun adds, Winehouse may have fallen off the wagon three days before her death: A source saw her drinking gin and Red Bull at a London music festival. But her mother and boyfriend saw her the day before her death and were convinced she hadn't been drinking. Click for more on the unreleased music Winehouse reportedly left behind.

Jazz Soul diva Amy Winehouse, from England, has a drink while performing on the main stage of the Rock in Rio Lisboa music festival at the Bela Vista Park Friday, May 30, 2008, Portugal.
Jazz Soul diva Amy Winehouse, from England, has a drink while performing on the main stage of the Rock in Rio Lisboa music festival at the Bela Vista Park Friday, May 30, 2008, Portugal.   (AP Photo/Steven Governo)
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COMMENTS
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SPHeroid
Jul 28, 2011 6:16 PM CDT
This is fair warning.... I need a beer....
Spudsy
Jul 28, 2011 2:06 PM CDT
This has to be a record for number of stories about a musician with a grand total of two albums. 
vjh
Jul 28, 2011 1:13 PM CDT
I know quitting drinking would kill me.. or at least I would wish I were dead...

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