Amy Winehouse, singer of “Back to Black,” suffered from bulimia and drug use. Her brother, Alex, released the true cause of her death in an interview today.
Alex Winehouse, Amy’s older brother (by four years), gave a revealing interview with The Guardian. While many people are aware of the late singer’s drug and alcohol abuse, he did reveal a little known fact about the passed starlet.
She, allegedly, suffered from bulimia so badly, that her brother feels it is the real cause of her death.
Alex tells The Guardian about how it all started. Winehouse and friend’s began the practice to lose weight in high school. He tells of their endeavors:
"[They were] all doing it. They'd put loads of rich sauces on their food, scarf it down and throw it up. They stopped doing it, but Amy never really did."
"We all knew she was doing it, but it's almost impossible [to tackle] especially if you're not talking about it. It's a real dark, dark issue. She suffered from bulimia very badly. That's not, like, a revelation--you knew just by looking at her…but what really killed her was the bulimia…Absolutely terrible."
"I think that it left her weaker and more susceptible," he explains. "Had she not had an eating disorder, she would have been physically stronger."
While the situation was extraordinarily tragic, some good did come from the starlet’s untimely passing. Alex elaborates to The Guardian:
"Obviously, she touched something in a lot of people and, yeah, it was very strange. We had to go to the flat and all the flowers...You see those things on the telly, but it's always for things that have got nothing to do with you. This was, like, a personal thing...It was incredible."
