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Amy Winehouse's Mom Remembers Late Singer on 15th Death Anniversary

Amy Winehouse’s mother, Janis Winehouse, looked back on her late daughter’s life on the 15th anniversary of her tragic death. “She was a victim of her own success,” Janis, 72, told The i Paper in a rare interview published on Thursday, July 23. “She didn’t want it, but it just followed her. And she’d be like, ‘Who, me?’” Amy died in July 2011 at age 27. Her official cause of death was ruled accidental alcohol poisoning. Before her passing, Amy openly struggled with substance abuse. Looking back on it now, Janis thinks her daughter used alcohol as a crutch. “She was actually...