38+ Amy Winehouse Cause Of Death Pictures. Amy winehouse drank herself to death only hours after saying she was desperate to live because she still had so much to achieve, her inquest heard yesterday. This article is more than 8 years old.

The associated press reports that the july death of amy winehouse was caused by alcohol poisoning. Watch amy winehouse's first u.s. Coroner suzanne greenaway gave a verdict of death by misadventure, saying the singer died of accidental alcohol poisoning.

Sources close to amy winehouse tell perezhilton.com exclusively that they believe drugs were not responsible for the singer's untimely death.

In the aftermath of her death, her family set up the amy winehouse foundation. That is, she died of acute alcohol poisoning , not damage caused by previous drug abuse. Read jess harvell's feature on amy winehouse here , and watch the video for back to black below Amy winehouse died as the unintended consequence of drinking too much alcohol, a british coroner ruled wednesday.