Pearle's of Wisdom: Mitch Winehouse Gives Away Amy Winehouse’s Personal Possessions

Friday, July 29, 2011

Mitch Winehouse Gives Away Amy Winehouse’s Personal Possessions

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Mitch Winehouse, father of the late Amy Winehouse, took it upon himself to make a bunch of Winehouse fans very happy yesterday by giving away some of Amy‘s personal possessions. Mitch showed up at Amy‘s house and started handing out articles of her clothing to some of the fans that were convened in front of her home. Additionally, the Winehouse family (or maybe just Mitch himself) is putting out the claim that Amy died as a result of NOT drinking. I’m not sure that I totally believe that but, soon enough, we’ll know the results of her toxicology report and the matter should be put to rest … at last.

Amy Winehouse’s parents returned to the tragic singer’s house amid reports their daughter died because she quit alcohol. Her father Mitch and mother Janis made their way to Amy’s north London home this morning as part of the Jewish tradition, Shiva. Later in the day Mitch, 60, handed out T-shirts to waiting fans outside the Camden property. Mitch and Janis, 56, were accompanied by their son Alex and close friend Tyler James as they looked at the tributes left outside the property before making their way inside. According to Jewish tradition the Winehouse family will be observing the tradition of Shiva for a week. The period of mourning is part of the customs of bereavement in Judaism … Some of her security guards also appeared at the house to start clearing some of the singer’s belongings – including, poignantly, a guitar. They also carried out holdalls and suitcases of items thought to hold special meaning for her family and friends … The estranged couple’s appearance at the house comes as it has been claimed the singer – who died at the age of 27 on Saturday – passed away was because she stopped drinking … It is thought that Amy had been told to cut down on her drinking gradually, but her cold turkey approach to quitting the booze gave her frail body a shock it couldn’t handle. A source close to the family told the The Sun newspaper: ‘Abstinence gave her body such a fright they thought it was eventually the cause of her death.’

The giving away clothes thing is kinda nice but also kinda weird. I suppose giving away the clothing is better than throwing it away … but the sight of people sniffing Amy‘s clothes in tears is just odd to me. As for the theory as to what caused Amy‘s death sounds a bit too much like hopeful thinking to me. But, again, we just can’t know for sure … until we know for sure. It doesn’t matter what caused Amy‘s death … the end result is still the same. I have to be honest tho … ever since Mitch Winehouse was all gung-ho about Amy‘s breast augmentation and the subsequent comments he gave about her new breasts afterward, he’s always rubbed me the wrong way. I’d like to see this giving away of her clothing as a nice thing but … yeah, something about it bugs me. Ah well. I guess there are a few happy fans out there who now possess articles ofAmy‘s clothing … which will, undoubtedly, end up on eBay eventually.

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