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Amy was a celebrity of sorts. Regardless of what you think of her music, it had achieved international acclaim. Whenever someone who is well known dies there is often an outpouring of support and love and people tend to remember the good times, the good music, the good concerts. Millions of people bought her records, listened to her in their homes, went to her concerts and that creates a connection. I don't think that is romanticizing her death, more just a normal reaction to a loss of someone they 'knew'. Rarely do people talk poorly or focus on the faults or the weaknesses of someone after their death. Yes, her parents knew she would likely not make it, apparently she started using when she was 13. I think every family still clings to the hope that their loved one will turn it around, will survive rock bottom, will come out the other side.  There is also something about the music industry, musicians, creativity and drug use that seems to be intertwined. Of course people still make their own choices but it is a society, a culture, powerful people that one must go against to stay clean and sober in that industry. Her songs resonated with people because they were 'real' and about angst and to me spoke of a young woman didn't seem to be happy or secure or content. You can't buy those things with money or fame. Had she been another bubblegum pop star she might be alive now but likely not famous. I just think life is a lot more complex than she chose to be an addict and die.

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