Amy Winehouse Statue Unveiled in London
A crowd of Amy Winehouse’s fans gathered on Sunday to remember the late singer on what would have been her 31st birthday, as a statue of Winehouse was unveiled in the Camden Town neighborhood in north London.
Her parents, Mitch and Janis Winehouse, were also on hand for the sculpture’s debut.
“It’s a day of incredibly mixed emotions,” Mitch told the Guardian. “They don’t put statues up for people who are with us anymore so it reinforces the fact that physically she’s gone but spiritually she’ll never leave us. I feel sad, very, very sad.”
The statue was created by sculptor Scott Eaton, and is mostly colorless — aside from a red rose in Winehouse’s signature beehive hairdo.
Winehouse died at the age of 27 in July 2011 due to alcohol poisoning. Mitch Winehouse started the Amy Winehouse Foundation to help those struggling with drug and alcohol abuse, as his daughter did during her life.
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