Mitch Winehouse poses for a picture with a statue of his late daughter,
Amy Winehouse after it was unveiled in Camden’s Stables Market, in
London, England, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014. Three years after her death the
unveiling coincides with what would have been her 31st birthday.
A crowd of Amy Winehouse’s fans gathered on Sunday to remember the
late singer on what would have been her 31st birthday, as a statue of
Winehouse was unveiled in the Camden Town neighborhood in north London.
Her parents, Mitch and Janis Winehouse, were also on hand for the sculpture’s debut.
“It’s
a day of incredibly mixed emotions,” Mitch told the Guardian. “They
don’t put statues up for people who are with us anymore so it reinforces
the fact that physically she’s gone but spiritually she’ll never leave
us. I feel sad, very, very sad.”
The statue was created by
sculptor Scott Eaton, and is mostly colorless — aside from a red rose
in Winehouse’s signature beehive hairdo.
Winehouse died at the age
of 27 in July 2011 due to alcohol poisoning. Mitch Winehouse started
the Amy Winehouse Foundation to help those struggling with drug and
alcohol abuse, as his daughter did during her life.
