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    1. Nicole Richie Amy Winehouse Drew Barrymore  Nicole Richie was born on 21 September 1981 and is the adopted daughter of Lionel Richie and Brenda Harvey. At the age of 18 due to her boredom Nicole started abusing the drug cocaine. Nicole went to a rehabilitation center to stop using cocaine but shortly after that she started abusing heroine. In 2003 she was arrested for possession of heroine and later she checked herself into a rehabilitation center for the second time. In 2006 she was…

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    Though the styles of Smith and Hunter were not similar to that of Winehouse, one is able to see that the music itself was still trying to portray deep emotions, whatever they may be. As with all music, the emotion portrayed in these artists’ music was deep and heavy. The vocal sound though different was similar in numerous…

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    “I’m not a girl trying to be a star or trying to be anything other than a musician.” Amy Jade Winehouse Her friends described her as a typical North Londoner of Jewish descent, bright and funny but also shy and modest and slightly insecure- not about her voice though ( Kapadia, 2015). Everyone saw her as an old soul trapped in the body of a teenage girl, because of the depth of emotion that her lyrics and voice evoked (Kapadia, 2015). She had suffered from bulimia and severe depression prior…

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    But this became a problem for Amy The media started stalking at her house she wasn't able to be to go out with her friends or see her family without being bothered. Honestly she wasn't even able to be free and all this stress all the stress let her hurt down the road of "a classic…

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    committed suicide over the past decade (NY Post, 2016). These were the individuals who we saw everyday and felt as we were truly a part of their lives. From watching great acing in Batman by Heath Leger, to enjoying a soul touching voice from Amy Winehouse. As outsiders whenever we look at these celebrities we wonder, why would they commit suicide? They have everything that any individual would want, from fast cars to riches. Durkheim discusses suicide and the four different types of suicide…

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    Michael Jackson, Brad Renfro, Kevin Dubrow, Amy Winehouse and many others died of overdose. Currently, the fame, drugs, and money are related. Clearly, substance use disorders aren’t a new problem for society, and it and this doesn’t distinguish between race, nationality, culture, socioeconomic status, gender or age. A significant example of how drug abuse can destroy a person’ life is Amy Winehouse. She was born on September 14, 1983, in London, England. Amy broke into the musical business at…

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    the heof audiences in Forrest Gump before nearly winning an Academy Award 5 years later. Yet, none of these achievements are even a drop in the bucket of my potential. That's what EVERYONE TOLD ME. Because no one thought that singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse would overdose on drugs; that quarterback Ryan Leaf would get caught embezzling money from a high school football team; of that Haley Joel Osment would go from “seeing dead people”…

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    stenciled graffiti work. The work that Bambi does “focuses on contemporary female identity and its relationship to patriarchal culture, as well as the commodification of the art world and various political injustices” (Bambi), and does work of Amy Winehouse and Queen Elizabeth. Celebrities such as Adele, Brad Pitt, David Beckham and Rihanna collect some of her work to be hanged up in their homes. Some of Bambi’s work has made it into the Walton Fine Arts Gallery in London. Both Bambi and Banksy…

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    addictions need our help and sympathy; they should be transparent about their issues, so it can be distinguished from scientific issues (Nutt, 2013). However, abstinence-based programs for heroin can increase health and social harms (Nutt, 2013). Amy Winehouse died after the last of a series of dry periods broken by binges (Nutt, 2013). People can survive with blood alcohol levels of 600 mg/100mL; twice those would kill an abstinent person (Nutt, 2013). Cameron concluded that there are…

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    he has to decide whether or not to sell out the band and their music. BRIEF SYNOPSIS: ELVIS ABERNATHY has just turned 27 years old. He's obsessed with celebrities who have died at the same age: Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse. Elvis is a drummer for his band: The band, BOBBY HALL, guitarist, DASH HALL, singer, and JOSH “GORDY” GORDON play in dive bars. Music is their life. They are hoping their kickstarter campaign will raise enough money for them to finance a…

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