Amy Winehouse was found dead today at the age of 27.
A profoundly gifted singer with a disastrous addiction that has now taken her life, this is nothing but desperately sad and heartbreaking.
There should be no misunderstanding what happened to her; a disease killed the woman. If she could have gotten better she most certainly would have.The great soul singer prefigured an entire movement of female singers but nobody has ever reached the pinnacle the excellent contralto did. Amy was the real deal; once every decade we get somebody this great.
Our profound condolences to her family and to pop music that now has only one album to remember her by.