
Amy Winehouse 'blew her fortune on drugs and friends'

Amy Winehouse blew her fortune on drugs, friends and expensive holidays, it has been claimed. The singer was estimated to be worth between £10m and £15m following the huge success of her second album Back to Black. However, she left just £4,257,580, reduced to £2,944,554 after debts and taxes were paid, when she died. The amount will be divided between her parents Mitch and Janis Winehouse. The Daily Mail reports that Winehouse spent £1m on drugs between 2006 and 2008 and splashed out £500,000 on a holiday in St Lucia lasting a year and a half. She also invested £500,000 in her protege Dionne Bromfield, gave Blake Fielder-Civil a £250,000 pay-off during their divorce, and spent £130,000 putting friend Alex Foden through rehab. It is also claimed that Winehouse gave hundreds of thousands of pounds to friends (more)...
- 3/31/2012
- by By Colin Daniels
- Digital Spy
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