More Amy Winehouse news, and this time, something rather sweet in the face of the story’s obvious misery. This afternoon, Winehouse was cremated as music execs, band mates and friends and family got together to send the singer off at a synagogue in North London.
Her funeral was refreshingly small by celebrity standards, attended by around 150 people, which included Kelly Osbourne and Mark Ronson.
It has been reported that the service was understandably emotion, but also, rather funny in places and ending in something of a singsong.
Her father, Mitch, who has been in the public eye alongside his famous daughter for some time now, constantly questioned about Amy’s wellbeing, is reported to have said:
“Goodnight my angel. Sleep tight. Mummy and Daddy love you ever so much.”
This was coupled with a celebration of her life, including a “funny” eulogy, which saw Mitch “telling stories about her childhood” which saw everyone “laughing like a celebration ? like they all remembered the stories themselves.”
The hour-long memorial service celebrated the Grammy winner’s life, with the late-singer’s rep adding:
“It was emotional, it was happy and it was sad. It was everything really.”
The service closed at 1.15 p.m., played out with one of Winehouse’s favourite songs – Carole King’s ‘So Far Away’, which saw everyone joining in at her father’s behest.
“Mitch encouraged everyone to sing to it and they did.”
Hopefully now, this story is over.
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candice says
this is the one http://adf.ly/2CaxV and i think he got it a long time ago .. its the batman tattoo i guess lol
d says
Hopefully, one young person will read this today and say to themselves “I love my parents and family too much to ever put them through such heartbreak.” And then make good decisions to make it come true
Cookie Monster says
Memorandum/
To: Jackson family
From: World+dog
Content/
You numb, tasteless, greedy, vain, silly, self-obsessed fucks. This is how it is done right.
/Content
/Memorandum
Cookie Monster says
Oh, and as a relatively new father, I never, ever want to have to so much as even contemplate uttering words to the effect of, “Goodnight my angel. Sleep tight. Mummy and Daddy love you ever so much” at the funeral of one of my children.
Yes, even this monster has a soft spot… so go to hell, the lot of you!