Winehouse family attend singer’s funeral
Dressed in dark suits and dresses in black beehive hairdo, and in some cases, the parents and friends said goodbye to Amy Winehouse on Tuesday with prayers and tears and laughter and song in the emotional funeral ceremony.
“Amy was the daughter of one of the greatest family and friends you can have than ever before,” said her father, Mitch Winehouse, in a section of the eulogy issued by a spokesman for the family.
The singer joined the father, mother and brother, a close friend of Winehouse, and the band members and celebrities, including producer Mark Ronson for service in the cemetery Edgwarebury in north London. The Kelly Osbourne features of the media and one of the many women wear their hair piled high in the beehive style brands echo the singer.
Fans and photographers gathered outside the corridor, but the funeral had been for several hundred friends and family only.
And Mitch Winehouse said that the daughter of the late mourners had recently found love and beat her drug dependency, three years before her death, but admitted it is still struggling to control their drinking water after several weeks of abstinence.
“She said:” It was my parents do not have enough drinking water, and I can not stand to look at the faces of your family anymore. “Said Mitch Winehouse.
Amy told her they were playing drums and singing in the house the night before her death.
“But did not know the depression, knowing that he died, knowing that he died happy, it makes us all feel better,” he said, adding that he hoped the establishment of an Amy Winehouse that will help people to beat drug abuse.
Ended a taxi driver and jazz singer, who helped in promoting his daughter’s love of music, a eulogy to him with the phrase “goodnight, my angel, sleep tight. Mummy of the father and love you so much ever.”
Jewish rabbi presided over the service included prayers in English and Hebrew.
It ended with the delivery of Carole King “so far away,” one of Winehouse’s favorite songs.
“Mitch was funny, and some great stories from childhood about how stubborn she was, and is clearly recognized by family members, friends, stories and laughed along,” said spokesman Chris Goodman family.
“He stressed several times until it became a lot happier now than ever before and that he talked about her boyfriend and praised the many people in her life.”
A friend of the family two thousand Ezekiel (55 years), the service was “joyful” celebration of the life of the singer.
“Mitch gave a eulogy is very good and he managed to get through it very well, considering,” he said.
Go to the Holocaust, Golders Green, where the singer was burning – close family and friends – including her boyfriend Winehouse recently, Reg Traviss.
Seemed emotional as they left the Temple red brick, which saw the burning of thousands of London, ordinary, and many celebrities, including the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, Peter comedy – mourners several, including Ronson – who was involved in the production of the album Winehouse’s breakthrough “Back to black “vendors and drummer Keith Moon of the World Health Organization.
Then the family was scheduled to be held two days of Shiva, a traditional Jewish mourning period.
Found on the soul singer, who had battled with alcoholism and drug addiction for years, Saturday shot dead at her home in London for her. Was 27.
The failure of an autopsy, which was held Monday to determine the cause of her death. Police awaiting the results of toxicology tests, which will take 2-4 weeks.
Issued only two albums in her short Winehouse – who won five Grammy Awards for “Back to Black” – and often made the headlines because of drug and alcohol abuse, eating disorders and destructive relationships and performance failure.
Since her death, her records have re-entered the album charts all over the world, and tributes poured in from fans and other musicians.
George Michael called her “the most affectionate and vocalist of this country ever,” and the spirit of the singer Adele said, “paved the way for artists like me and make people excited about British music again.”