Amy Winehouse?s death at 27 highlights a troubled, young talent

When the headline ?Amy Winehouse found dead at 27? came barging into our Saturday afternoon, the word ?dead? felt like a long-promised punch to the gut. It may not have surprised anyone, but it still hurt bad.

And then there was the ?27? ? rock-and-roll?s most dangerous number. It?s the age that took Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and now a singer whose battles with drugs, drink and depression were nightmarishly publicized in a mediascape her forebears never could have imagined.

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