Amy Winehouse was born in London, England in 1983 to Mitchell, a cab driver and panel installer, and Janis, a pharmacist. She had an older brother, Alex, who was of Russian Jewish and Polish Jewish descent. Winehouse attended Osidge Primary School in London’s Southgate neighborhood as a child, as well as a Jewish Sunday school.
Her parents divorced when she was nine, so she lived with her mother during the week and with her father on weekends. Winehouse began honing her vocal and dance skills at the Susi Earnshaw Theatre School in 1992, encouraged by her grandmother and attended for four years. She then enrolled in full-time training at the Sylvia Young Theatre School.
At the age of 14, Winehouse bought her first guitar and began writing her own music. She later became an entertainment journalist for the World Entertainment News Network and sang with a local band called the Bolsha Band. Winehouse joined Simon Fuller’s 19 Management in 2002 after becoming the featured female vocalist with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra in 2000.
What was Amy Winehouse’s net worth at the time of death?
Amy Winehouse was a talented British singer who died in 2011 with a net worth of $4 million.
