Amy Winehouse died of alcohol intoxication.
A coroner’s inquest report revealed that Amy’s blood alcohol content was 416mg per 100ml at the time of her death, which is more than five times the legal drink-drive limit.
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It was also enough to make her comatose and depress her respiratory system.
The inquest reached a verdict of misadventure.
Speaking to Anderson Cooper a few months after his daughter’s death, Mitch Winehouse speculated that the singer had succumbed to a seizure related to alcohol detoxification.
“She had a series of seizures brought on by this binge drinking and then stopping to drink”, Mitch said.
Before continuing: “I think it’s what the doctor said, I think she had a seizure and this was the time when there was no one there to rescue her.”
However, a second inquest took place in 2013 after an investigation found the original coroner did not have the correct qualifications for the role.
The second inquest confirmed that she died of alcohol poisoning.
For a long time, Amy’s ex-husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, was often blamed for her death as he was said to have introduced her to heroin, enabling her addictions.
