So even though we have no official cause of death for Amy Winehouse, people are mostly unfazed by it as she was a train wreck from the minute “Back To Black” climbed the charts. The rock landscape is littered with self-destructive artists (Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, etc.) but usually we got plenty of creative output from them before they’d passed on (Curt Cobain being a more recent entry).
Amy Winehouse was a talented singer, no doubt about it — but with only 2 albums to her credit, she falls into the same category as Richie Valens, who had 3 albums before he was gone. The biggest reveal here is that her albums are selling much better now that she’s dead. Also I’m sure a large pile of unreleased material is now just waiting to be released, and like Hendrix will provide her estate with plenty of moolah.