


The short, green and black dress she was wearing, designed by Naomi Parry, is expected to sell for between $15,000 and $20,000. A coroner's inquest report revealed that Amy's blood alcohol content was 416mg per 100ml at the time of her death, which is more than five times the. Her tour was canceled and she died a month later. Amy Winehouse died of alcohol intoxication.

The star, clearly struggling, was booed at her last concert in June 2011 in Belgrade. Winehouse, who won several awards for her 2006 album "Back to Black," often spoke of her personal experiences battling alcohol and drug addiction. The proceeds will go to the Amy Winehouse Foundation, which supports vulnerable young adults facing addiction. "It took them a long time to actually come to terms and decide to let go, with the realization that, of course, there are fans and museums and collectors all over the world that will want to own some of these items, care for them, show them at museums, keep her legacy and her memory alive and at the same time raise some money for the foundation," he added. To commemorate her death, her closest friends and family members bear all in BBC Two's documentary, Reclaiming Amy. "It's very difficult when you have to do an auction when you're working with the parents of their deceased child," said Julien's executive director Martin Nolan. FRIDAY, July 23, 2021, marks the tenth anniversary of Amy Winehouse's death. The British soul diva died of alcohol poisoning on July 23, 2011, when she was just 27. They went on display in New York on Monday and are expected to fetch up to $2 million total. Amy Winehouse’s official cause of death was alcohol poisoning, but this can be understood as the equivalent of someone with AIDS who has died of complications from pneumonia. NEW YORK - Hundreds of items that belonged to late Grammy-winning artist Amy Winehouse, including the dress she wore during her final concert, are going up for auction in the United States.Īuction house Julien's will put the more than 800 personal effects - which include shoes, shorts, bras, books and records - under the hammer in Beverly Hills, California on November 6 and 7. He remembers the paparazzi were always stationed outside their home, saying, "It was like a film premiere out there.Dresses belonging to Amy Winehouse were displayed at the New York press and public exhibition of the "Property From The Life And Career Of Amy Winehouse" by Julien's Auctions on October 11, 2021 Amy Winehouses famous heart-shaped Moschino bag has sold for £151,726 at auction Credit: Getty. He describes "how hard she had worked to come off drugs," and she was close to "being healthy," but he also notes how difficult it was "to go through that in front of people." I had a job and that's all I wanted to do."Īnd the 27-year-old singer tried to go sober, according to James. I never have had that connection with someone again and I never will. It was just one of the many tactics James used to help his friend get back on the straight and narrow. Reports state, on Friday, July 22, 2011, Winehouse, who is an alcoholic, was seen buying the narcotics ecstasy, cocaine, heroin and ketamine (horse tranquilizer) in the hours leading up to her death. James says, "I was running out of ideas." British singer, Amy Winehouse, died alone in bed at age 27, after a suspected drug overdose. Tyler James will never forget the day he came home to learn his best friend Amy Winehouse had died of alcohol poisoning.Īs he tells The Sunday Times, just two days prior before she died of alcohol poisoning, he left the flat they shared in Camden Square as an act of tough love in the hopes she'd cease her drinking.
