On Sunday, Amy Winehouse’s brother believes an eating disorder caused his sister’s death rather than alcohol poisoning in 2011.
According to the Guardian, Alex Winehouse, 33, believed his sister’s struggle with bulimia left her body weak and susceptible to sickness. Alcohol was a way for Amy to cope with fame.
In Winehouse’s coroner report, the five-time Grammy winner died from having five times the legal alcohol limit in her system – enough to put a person in a comatose state and failed respiratory system.
UPI reports that the singer’s eating disorder began when she was 17 years old, with a group of friends.
“They’d put loads of rich sauces on their food, scarf it down and throw it up,” said Alex Winehouse. “They stopped doing it, but Amy never did.”
Since her death in 2011, Amy Winehouse’s parents created a foundation in her name to fight drug and alcohol abuse among young people, hoping people will talk about the disease.
A new exhibit will be held in Camden, London remembering the singer at the Jewish Museum from July to September.
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