I wrote my Amy’s obituary

SINGER Amy Winehouse was so close to dying after a drugs binge that her father wrote her eulogy, it emerged last night.

Cab driver Mitch, 54, revealed: “I know newspapers have obituaries ready for people – well, I’d written one. 

“When Amy had her seizure and was taken to hospital, I really thought that could be it. The doctors told us even a whiff of another drug could kill her.”

The troubled diva is now as famous for her wild partying as her award-winning music and trademark beehive hair.

In August she was rushed to hospital after a three-day orgy of drug-taking with new husband Blake Fielder-Civil led to an overdose and brain seizure.

Despite official claims that “exhaustion” forced Amy to cancel a host of concerts, Mr Winehouse yesterday blamed his son-in-law for her downward spiral.

“When I found out Blake had given her more drugs after that [overdose], I couldn’t believe it. It was as bad as someone holding a gun to my daughter’s head,” he said. 

“Blake is a bad influence on her and I no longer toe the line and pretend he isn’t. Until he came along she was staunchly anti hard drugs. For Amy and Blake to beat their drug problems, they have to go into rehab separately, and he won’t let her do that.”

And yesterday Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood, who has lost many friends to drug addiction over the years, warned Amy could go the same way unless she surrounded herself with “winners”.

“It has to come from within her. She has to feel more confident in herself. Hang out with winners. If you hang out with losers and dealers you end up in the sink.”

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