Amy Winehouse's father will share some of her handwritten notes in his soon to be released book. The beloved signer very touching handwritten notes from the singer's tragic life is intended to share with fans. Mitch Winehouse will release Amy, My Daughter later this month (June 2012), he is including a number of personal letters the Rehab hitmaker sent to her dad while she was away from her native Britain. Editors at the New York Post have been given a glimpse at one message, sent on Valentine's Day in 2003, while she was recording her debut album Frank in Miami, Florida. In the letter, she wrote, "Dear Daddy, I love you so much and can't wait to see you again in a few weeks. "I'm working, and I haven't spent a penny. A few thousand dollars have gone, but no pennies as such. I'm joking." The Grammy-winning star died in July, 2011 as a result of her heavy alcohol consumption.
Amy Winehouse was born in a London suburb on Sept. 14, 1983. Her parents — Mitch was a cabby, Janice a pharmacist — split when she was 9. Though she lived with her mother until age 16, Winehouse remained close to her father, a failed pop singer, who introduced her to jazz and the music of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin.
When she was 20, she completed her first album — inspired by, and named for, Sinatra — and on it she included the song “What Is It About Men.” It tackled the bitterness she felt about her father’s infidelities. In a 2003 interview she said, “Writing it made me realize a lot about myself and why Dad cheated. I’ve grown to realize he’s not a big bastard.” Despite her early ambivalence, the two remained intensely close. “She phoned me three times a day, every day, even when she was at her worst with the drugs,” Mitch said last year.
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