It's 15 Years Since Amy Winehouse Died. Here's How Her Legacy Is Helping Women Overcome Addiction
Her influence on today’s stars endures through tribute performances and Back to Black’s 20th anniversary, as her band keeps her music alive.
- Today, July 23, 2026, marks 15 years since Amy Winehouse died of alcohol poisoning at age 27, ending a turbulent career defined by her incredible vocal prowess and vulnerable songwriting.
- As Back to Black celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2026, the album defines her iconic image; influenced by the Ronettes, she adopted cat-eye makeup and a beehive hairdo after her earlier Frank era.
- Her decline became painfully visible through failed performances and intoxication; despite attempts by Singer Bryan Adams to help her detox in 2007, she often relapsed publicly with substance struggles.
- Even with her label offering "as long as it takes" to address her health, it came too late; The Washington Post had pre-written her obituary following a 2007 overdose.
- Ultimately, Winehouse remains a tragic icon alongside Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, River Phoenix, and Jeff Buckley, while her memory survives through her music and the band that continues performing in tribute.
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It's 15 years since Amy Winehouse died. Here's how her legacy is helping women overcome addiction
As the world remembers Amy Winehouse 15 years on from her death, residents at Amy's Place have praised the housing project set up in her memory as it turns 10, saying the celebrated singer would be 'proud' of her legacy The post It’s 15 years since Amy Winehouse died. Here’s how her legacy is helping women overcome addiction appeared first on Big Issue.
On This Day in 2011, the World Tragically Lost One of the Most Beloved Voices in Neo-Soul
On July 23, 2011, Amy Winehouse died of alcohol poisoning at age 27, after a turbulent battle with substances that spanned most of her tragically short career. She made multiple attempts to get sober, aided by many people close to her. But she relapsed often, and her struggles only increased the longer she was in […] The post On This Day in 2011, the World Tragically Lost One of the Most Beloved Voices in Neo-Soul appeared first on VICE.
The life of the 27-year-old British singer, a pop icon whose legacy is still alive today more than ever with few lights and many shadows, has been wiped out.
From the album Back to Black and five Grammys to the last concert in Belgrade and death at the age of 27, this is the story of Amy Winehouse, the artist who changed soul and pop music forever.
For a long time, the conversation revolved more around her private life than her work; a tour of the story of a composer whose influence continues to grow far beyond Frank and Back to Black
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