RIP Amy

[rockfotze]

What a sad day. A talented musician plagued with a deep sadness that prevented her from successfully fighting her battle with drugs and alcohol passed away at the tender age of 27. As Tammy said, “She sang the blues so well because she knew it so well”.

It saddens me that so many people think “Oh well, she was a drug addict, it’s no surprise really and I don’t feel bad for her”. In my opinion, people don’t choose to be come drug addicts, there is something inside them that makes them feel the need to kill themselves slowly with harmful substances. I’m sure she didn’t wake up one day and say “I am going to start doing drugs for a bit of a laugh so that it makes me extremely sick and ruins my career”. She was a tormented soul who couldn’t deal with the fame and the horrific paparazzi who hounded her ceaselessly. Her outlet was drinking and taking drugs and it eventually killed her.

She was so extremely talented and until the addictions ravaged her, she was a gorgeous young woman who had a bright future ahead of her. If only singing about her woes had been enough to get her through the dark times. I try not to look at the photos of her where she is emaciated and a shadow of her former self, because that was not who she was. Instead I look at her in happier times and listen to her music and think about what could have been had she had the strength to pull through.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_telecaster/]

I respectfully disagree.
I don't mean to offend anyone, but she was an addict who refused help - any sort of help. Its one thing to become addicted, but its another thing to let it take over your life in this way. Surely people cherished her for her talent. But it was really her drug addiction that made her famous, esp. outside the music-lovers-community. And that is something I strongly oppose to.
She wasn't an role model, yet many young girls mistook her for one. That is just wrong.
As I said, I don't mean to troll or to offend anyone. But what I find particularly shocking is that your blog-entry as well as all the other memorial-pages all over facebook etc completely ignore those 80-something teenagers, who lost their lives in the bloom of their youth when this insane wanker went on a killing-spree in Norway. A rockstar whose drug addiction more or less made her commit suicide doesn't really add up to this tragedy that happened in Europe this weekend. But that's just my opinion...

[mayet.livejournal.com]

What I found striking was that the quotes from her own mother were basically that "we've been expecting this for a while". I do think there is something to be said for the fact that even with access to the right resources, she made no attempt to help herself. But I also think that is just sad, that she felt like that about her own worth- that she was not worth helping. Perhaps she is less tormented now.

[honeymink]

What you said about deep sadness might as well have been major depression disorder and the drugs were a way to self-medicate. Therefore, yes ... it's really sad. Also, I'm feeling so sorry for her parents. They raised an extremely talented daughter and couldn't keep her safe. It must be devastating for them.

[tangochocky.livejournal.com]

It's a waste, I agree. You should honor her my dressing up as her for the zombie walk! At least her music lives on :)