Troubled U.K. pop star Amy Winehouse was found dead Saturday in her London home, according to multiple British wire reports. Britain’s Sky News reported that paramedics were called to her home at just after 4 p.m., but the 27-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene.
Winehouse before her show at the Bowery Ballroom in Manhattan. “Back in Black” was her first U.S. release. By that time she had already become a blogosphere favorite for the soulful bad-girl anthem “Rehab” and a surprise collaboration with Ghostface Killah.
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Singer Amy Winehouse performs at the Bowery Ballroom in Manhattan in 2007.
