London - Singer's mementos
July 7, 2013, Sunday
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AMY Winehouse lived a lot of her life in public, so much so that fans never knew the private person.
An exhibition at London's Jewish Museum aims to reveal an intimate side to a troubled star who was also, in the words of her older brother Alex, "simply a little Jewish kid from North London with a big talent."
"Amy Winehouse: A Family Portrait" brings together items from the late singer's London childhood, her stage-school years and her short but stratospheric career in music - from her first guitar to a posthumous Grammy Award.
By the time she died in 2011 at the age of 27, Winehouse was a larger-than-life figure whose battles with drugs and alcohol, splashed across front pages around the world, sometimes seemed to overshadow her spectacular talent.
"It's a story that people don't know about Amy, her family story," museum chief executive Abigail Morris said. She died of accidental alcohol poisoning in July 2011.
The exhibition, which runs through September 15, includes childhood photos, Amy's school uniform, her Dr Seuss books and comics featuring the Peanuts character Snoopy, whom young Amy adored.
Visitors will learn that as a young adult, she obsessively kept the wristbands, backstage passes and ticket stubs from shows that she played and attended.
An exhibition at London's Jewish Museum aims to reveal an intimate side to a troubled star who was also, in the words of her older brother Alex, "simply a little Jewish kid from North London with a big talent."
"Amy Winehouse: A Family Portrait" brings together items from the late singer's London childhood, her stage-school years and her short but stratospheric career in music - from her first guitar to a posthumous Grammy Award.
By the time she died in 2011 at the age of 27, Winehouse was a larger-than-life figure whose battles with drugs and alcohol, splashed across front pages around the world, sometimes seemed to overshadow her spectacular talent.
"It's a story that people don't know about Amy, her family story," museum chief executive Abigail Morris said. She died of accidental alcohol poisoning in July 2011.
The exhibition, which runs through September 15, includes childhood photos, Amy's school uniform, her Dr Seuss books and comics featuring the Peanuts character Snoopy, whom young Amy adored.
Visitors will learn that as a young adult, she obsessively kept the wristbands, backstage passes and ticket stubs from shows that she played and attended.
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