Singer Amy Winehouse found dead at north London flat

Police have confirmed that the body of the 27-year-old was found at her home earlier this afternoon.

Updated 6.13pm

TWENTY-SEVEN-YEAR-old singer Amy Winehouse has been found dead at a London flat.

Metropolitan police have confirmed that Winehouse was found dead at her home.

Sky News have reported that police received a phone call shortly after 4pm this afternoon, and that the body of a 27-year-old woman was found at a residence in Camden

BBC reports that the death of Winehouse is “being treated as unexplained”.

Last month the singer pulled out of part of her European tour after she was booed for strange behaviour during a concert in Serbia.

Winehouse has publicly struggled with drug and alcohol problems.

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