With her huge signature beehive hairdo, smoky eye make-up and powerful voice, Winehouse certainly made an impression throughout her career.

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER



Winehouse's final hours will be revealed today. An initial post-mortem in July proved inconclusive



Amy Winehouse was more than five times the legal drink-drive limit for alcohol when she died, the inquest into her death heard today.

Recording a verdict of misadventure, the coroner told the hearing she had 416mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood, and that the alcohol had poisoned her.

The driving limit is 80mg.



Amy Winehouse's father Mitch and his partner Jane arrive at St Pancras Coroner's Court today for an inquest into the singer's death



The hearing heard how the 27-year-old had not had a drink in July before hitting the bottle on Friday July 22.

She was found in bed in her Camden home in north London the next day.

Her security guard had looked in on her at 10am the day she died but left her for five hours before calling the emergency services.

The live-in guard, Andrew Morris, said he thought she was asleep when he initially checked on her but at 3pm he checked again and she had not moved.

St Pancras coroner Suzanne Greenway said: 'She had consumed sufficient alcohol at 416mg per decilitre (of blood) and the unintended consequence of such potentially fatal levels was her sudden and unexpected death.'



Bearing up: Winehouse's mother Janis smiles as she arrives for the inquest



An initial post-mortem examination proved inconclusive and no cause of death was given when the inquest was opened and adjourned in August.

But because of Winehouse's very public battles with drink and drugs, news of her death was quickly followed by suggestions it could be related to one or the other.

A family statement at the time said: 'Toxicology results returned to the Winehouse family by authorities have confirmed that there were no illegal substances in Amy's system at the time of her death



Mr Winehouse enters the court today. At his daughter's funeral in July, he told mourners his daughter had been the happiest she had been in a long time in the weeks before her death



'Results indicate that alcohol was present but it cannot be determined as yet if it played a role in her death.

'The family would like to thank the police and coroner for their continuing thorough investigations and for keeping them informed throughout the process. They await the outcome of the inquest in October.'

Information relating to today's inquest was sent to the wrong address, police admitted yesterday.

It was later handed into a police station in north London.

At Winehouse's funeral on July 26, her father, Mitch, told mourners his daughter had been the happiest she had been in a long time in the weeks before her death.

He said Winehouse had 'conquered' her drug addiction and was 'trying hard to deal with her drinking'.

The British soul star's short life was a rollercoaster ride of extreme ups and downs.

She rocketed to fame in 2008 after winning five Grammy awards off the back of her 2006 second album Back To Black and famously sang about her refusal to seek treatment for her addiction on the single Rehab.



Troubled life: Amy arrives at Westminster Magistrates' Court with her father Mitch in March 2009 to face charges of assaulting a fan



With her huge signature beehive hairdo, smoky eye make-up and powerful voice, Winehouse certainly made an impression throughout her career.

Her vocal style as well as her vulnerability led to comparisons with greats such as Billie Holiday.

The tattooed singer's distinctive look resulted in her being touted as a style icon but with the highs came the lows.

She cancelled a tour this year after a disastrous appearance in Serbia when she was booed by the angry crowd.

Winehouse was said to have come close to death in August 2007 following an overdose.

She was admitted to a London hospital after taking cocaine, ecstasy, ketamine and marijuana.

In June 2008 Winehouse was taken to hospital again after a fainting episode.

There were hopes that she could be returning to full health after she spent eight months on the Caribbean island of St Lucia.



Tributes: Mourners gather outside Amy's flat in Camden to pay their respects after her death in July



Despite her wild girl image Winehouse was from a stage school background.

Born on September 14, 1983, she attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School, where classmates included Billie Piper.

Brought up with a love for jazz, she grew up in a Jewish household in North Finchley, north London, with father Mitch and mother Janis, who were later divorced.

She also had a turbulent marriage to Blake Fielder-Civil.

It started with Fielder-Civil spending time in jail in 2007 and ended in divorce two years later.

Two months after Winehouse's death, her lover and British film director Reg Traviss said he had planned to marry her.



source: dailymail

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