Amy Winehouse on Drug Binge Before Death, Reports Say
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Amy Winehouse spent the last week of her short and troubled life in an alcoholic, drug-fueled fog -- which she capped by purchasing a stockpile of powerful narcotics at a London bar just hours before her death, according to British news reports.
Her final days were squandered in such a haze that even those who had watched her tumble from the top of the charts to a 27-year-old train wreck were left stunned.
"She has spent the last seven days on a massive bender, and people were saying she's going to drink herself to death," one friend told the Mirror.
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The final straw may have been a lethal combination of booze and a "bad" ecstasy pill, according to friends with her just before she was found dead.
That dangerous blend came after she was spotted buying drugs from a well-known dealer, the British tabloid The People reported.
Those drugs included cocaine, ecstasy, heroin and ketamine, an animal tranquilizer that is taken illegally for its psychedelic effects.
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And the cause of her most recent drug and alcohol frenzy may have been a broken heart.
The soul singer was reeling from her breakup with Reg Traviss, the film director she had once asked to marry her.
Traviss dumped Winehouse less than a month ago, right before she checked into The Priory, a London hospital that treats addictions.
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He broke up with her after deciding she would never clean up her act -- leaving her "inconsolable," according to the Daily Mail.
Authorities have not officially determined the cause of her death. But her mother, Janis, told the Mirror it was "only a matter of time" before her daughter's addiction took her life.
Winehouse took comfort in the fact that she saw her daughter the day before she died -- even though it was clear the drugs had taken their toll.
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"She seemed out of it," said the mom. "But her passing so suddenly still hasn't hit me."
Her last words to her mother were "I love you, Mum."