Amy Winehouse

Mark Ronson: 'Any successI've ever had is by accident'

April 4, 2012

Mark Ronson is reminiscing. "My grandmother was so funny. She's not around any more but when we were kids we'd go over to her house and she'd only have two periodicals on the table: French Vogue and the Jewish Chronicle". He smiles. "Those were like her Bibles."

The memory is partly prompted by the fact Ronson is talking to the JC, partly by the fact he is back in London.

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Dealer with room on TV

By Simon Rocker, March 29, 2012

Back on screen is Jeff Salmon as one of the dealers in Channel 4's Four Rooms who are asked to buy valuable objects by members of the public. One item featured this week was a dress worn by the late Amy Winehouse, which was offered by her father Mitch to raise funds for charity.

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Whitney Houston mourned by Winehouse family

By Jennifer Lipman, February 13, 2012

Amy Winehouse's father has expressed sorrow over the death of singer Whitney Houston.

The star was found dead in a Beverly Hills hotel room on Saturday, after years spent battling a crack cocaine addiction.

The singer, who won six Grammy awards during her career, was 48.

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Coroner who ruled on Winehouse death resigns

By Jennifer Lipman, February 1, 2012

Amy Winehouse's parents are exploring their next steps after the coroner in charge of the inquest into the singer's death resigned.

Suzanne Greenaway gave a verdict that the Jewish singer had died from "misadventure" and accidental alcohol poisoning last year. But it has now emerged that she left her job a month after the ruling because she did not have the appropriate qualifications.

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Amy Winehouse: Love Is A Losing Game

By Jennifer Lipman, December 6, 2011

Previously unreleased footage of Amy Winehouse performing in Ireland.

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Amy Winehouse posthumous album on the way

By Jennifer Lipman, October 31, 2011

Unreleased songs by Amy Winehouse will form part of a memorial album to be released this winter.

Island Records said the posthumous collection would feature 12 tracks, including Body & Soul, the song she recorded with Tony Bennett just weeks before she died last summer.

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Amy Winehouse death due to 'misadventure'

By Jennifer Lipman, October 26, 2011

A coroner has ruled that Amy Winehouse's death was due to "misadventure".

An inquest, which took place in Camden today, heard that the singer had been drinking on the day she died. Coroner Suzanne Greenaway gave her verdict on the basis that Ms Winehouse had chosen to consume alcohol and risked the consequences.

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Amy Winehouse report sent to wrong address

By Jennifer Lipman, October 24, 2011

Police are investigating why a report into the circumstances of Amy Winehouse's death was delivered to the wrong address.

Although the Metropolitan Police did not detail the contents of the report, they confirmed that it contained material "relating to a forthcoming inquest".

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Amy Winehouse's father Mitch to write memoir

By Jennifer Lipman, October 11, 2011

Amy Winehouse's father will release a biography of the singer next year.

Mitch Winehouse revealed on Monday that he had signed a book deal to tell the true story of his daughter's life and career.

The book, described as "a heartfelt and revelatory memoir" will be published by It Books next summer, a year after the death of the 27-year-old singer.

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Amy Winehouse Foundation launched on star's 28th birthday

By Jennifer Lipman, September 14, 2011

A foundation dedicated to the memory of Amy Winehouse officially launches today on what would have been her 28th birthday .

The Amy Winehouse Foundation has been set up by her father Mitch, who has previously advised the government on drug policy.

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Amy Winehouse and Tony Bennett: Body & Soul

By Jennifer Lipman, September 9, 2011

In this previously unseen video, Amy Winehouse discusses singing Body & Soul with Tony Bennett. A duet recorded before the star died in July will be released later this month in aid of the Amy Winehouse Foundation.

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Amy Winehouse death not due to illegal drugs

By Jennifer Lipman, August 23, 2011

Amy Winehouse did not have illegal drugs in her system when she died.

The Jewish singer, who died last month at the age of 27, had fought a high profile battle with addiction for several years.

But despite speculation about an overdose, a family spokesman said toxicology tests ruled out illegal drugs as a cause of death.

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Death that exposed ignorance

By Geoffrey Alderman, August 8, 2011

What does the sad death of Amy Winehouse (Aleha haShalom) tell us about the ways in which Judaism is perceived within British society?

The late Ms Winehouse and I inhabited different worlds. It's not simply that we came from distinct generations. She lived a lifestyle that I would never have lived and purveyed a musical genre of which I am ignorant. But she was Jewish and so am I.

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Sick notes about Amy

By Simon Rocker, August 4, 2011

You may wonder what kind of addled brain could link Amy Winehouse's death and Israel but let me take you to the Irish4Palestine blog which found "quite a lot in common" between "the evil rogue state" and the singer, except that "she has a great voice and didn't kill people constantly".

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Mark Ronson's tribute to Amy Winehouse: Valerie

By Jennifer Lipman, July 28, 2011
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Mark Ronson performs Valerie live at the Greenwich Summer Sessions, in a special tribute to his former collaborator Amy Winehouse.

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Amy Winehouse: a frail little girl on course of self destruction

By Robyn Rosen, July 28, 2011

The rabbi who conducted Amy Winehouse's funeral service spoke for the first time this week of the trauma for her parents who lost their singer-sognwriter daughter.

Former Finchley Progressive Synagogue minister Rabbi Frank Hellner was asked to conduct the funeral service after a friend of Amy's father, who works with the rabbi's wife at Hendon Reform Synagogue, suggested him.

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Wide of the tattoo mark

By Simon Rocker, July 28, 2011

Our nonsense detector began vibrating wildly when the Daily Mirror reported that Amy Winehouse could not have an Orthodox funeral unless her tattoos were removed.

Simply not true, says United Synagoue burial head Melvyn Hartog. "Halachically, you are not supposed to have tattoos," he explains. "But you also must be buried whole. Having a tattoo doesn't affect you having a Jewish burial at all.

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Mark Ronson plays tribute gig to genius Amy Winehouse

By Jennifer Lipman, July 28, 2011

Mark Ronson has played a tribute concert to Amy Winehouse a day after he attended the funeral of the 27-year-old singer.

Despite some public spats, the two Jewish stars were close and Mr Ronson produced the singer's second album Back To Black.

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Amy Winehouse 'was phone hacking victim'

By Jennifer Lipman, July 27, 2011

A journalist has claimed that Amy Winehouse's phone was regularly hacked.

Charles Lavery did not specify which news organisations he was referring to, but said that the Jewish star was targeted so that photographers could be on hand when she left rehab clinics.

Ms Winehouse, who died on Saturday at the age of 27, had a well-publicised battle with alcohol and drugs.

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Amy Winehouse: the rabbi's funeral address in full

July 27, 2011

"We are assembled here today, not so much to grieve-although we do that-but mainly to celebrate Amy's life and to give thanks for the privilege of having shared part of her 27 years on earth, a life, which although short, touched so many other lives, not only her immediate family and close friends, but people around the world; people who may never have met her, personally, but knew her by her musi

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