Blake fielder civil. Amy Winehouse's ex-husband fell into a coma. Amy Winehouse's failed husband

Unexpected death of a 27-year-old British singer Amy Winehouse, who was found dead in her north London apartment, became a tragedy for Western show business. The most famous contemporary performers on blogs, microblogs and the media expressed their condolences over the death of the outstanding singer.

According to the Daily Mail newspaper, the singer was found dead at about 16.00 local time on Saturday. According to British media, two ambulances were called to the scene in the Camden area at about 16.00 British summer time (19.00 Moscow time), but they were no longer able to help. According to preliminary data, Winehouse committed suicide. According to other sources, the singer died from a drug overdose.

Amy Jade Winehouse was born on September 14, 1983 in Southgate, Enfield, London, to Jewish family taxi driver Mitchell Winehouse and pharmacist Janice Winehouse (née Seaton). Her father is the son of Benjamin Winehouse and Fanny Grandish (born 1895), daughter of an emigrant from Russia of Jewish origin, Abraham Grandish. The Winehouse family (now divorced) had two children: Amy and older brother Alex.

Biography of 27-year-old Winehouse, who suffered from alcoholism and drug addiction, for a long time was at the center of public scandals and litigation. She appeared in court several times for fighting and assaulting people. In the spring of 2008, Winehouse was caught by the police twice - at the end of April she was detained on suspicion of assaulting two men, and in May she was detained on suspicion of illegal possession and use of drugs.

In the summer of 2008, Winehouse was hospitalized - doctors discovered she had emphysema and cardiac problems. However, the singer did not refuse to participate in concerts, combining them with courses of treatment and rehabilitation therapy.

IN recent years Amy Winehouse had serious drug problems. Moreover, she experienced difficult divorce with Blake Fielder-Civil (married May 18, 2007), who, by his own admission, got her hooked on illegal drugs.

In January 2009, the singer's husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, who was serving a prison sentence at the time, filed for divorce, accusing his wife of infidelity. The High Court in London formalized the divorce of Winehouse and Fielder-Civil in mid-July.

Parents Mitch and Janice Winehouse tried desperately to save their daughter Amy.

Back in 2009, in an interview with ITV News, Mitch said: "I want my daughter to be a whole person again. I tried everything, I told her: 'Amy, you have to do this, you have to go to this doctor, you need to do this, you need to do that, you’re killing me, you’re killing your mom.’ Nothing worked.” Janice added: "The need to save her is huge. I just want her to be okay and I will do whatever it takes to make it work. Amy is constantly in denial about her addiction. She may feel trapped. But I know , with addiction you have no choice because the substance controls you. I want to tell her, “Amy, what are you doing? Don’t you see what you’re doing?’ But by then she had brought it up so we could help her cope, and I understand.”

Mitch blamed Amy Winehouse's ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil for all her troubles. He explained: "The possibility of them being together is too terrible to consider. They are going to get a divorce and who knows what will happen in the end. Amy and Blake have decided that they want to continue their lives apart from each other and if they get back together in the future, they will get rid of bad habits and will still be in love with each other, that's their business."

Shocking revelations from ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil

At the same time, Blake Fielder-Civil, in a shocking interview with News of the World, admitted that he “introduced” the scandalous diva to drugs such as heroin, crack and amphetamine. And so he decided to file for divorce in order to protect her from death. A former prisoner admitted that the cause of all the troubles of one of the most talented singers in modern times musical world, he began. In addition, he talked about how he invited her to try crack and heroin, how he taught her how to cut veins correctly, and how Amy cheated on him with her manager’s assistant.

"Now I need to let her go so she can save her life," he says, "I do this out of sincere love for her. I made a big mistake when I started using heroin in front of her. I 'introduced' her to heroin, crack, cocaine and suicidal tendencies. I feel guilty. I started using hard drugs at 22 and they got the best of me because of them I ignored the problems of the woman I loved more than anyone in my life.

The first time Amy tried crack, we were having fun and she asked me "can I try some?" Crack is the most terrible drug. After it you become paranoid, angry and completely out of control. I could not refuse her and must bear responsibility for this. After we switched to heroin, we went down different paths. I was with her when she had her first overdose and died before my eyes. I still can't forget it. We were doing heroin and crack all day, we didn't even think about stopping. Then my wife, who I love truly and unconditionally, just started shaking. I started crying and put her on the floor to give her CPR and put a spoon in her mouth so she wouldn't swallow her tongue. It was terrible to see the person you love more life, the man you would die for, the man you would kill for, lies helpless on the floor in a seizure. When she woke up, she didn’t recognize me. Then I realized that I had destroyed something beautiful. It was my fault."

Blake also claimed that he knew in advance that he would have to go to prison. Let us remind you that the court found him guilty and sentenced him to 27 months in prison.

“I knew that I would go to prison,” he says, “I thought that I would go to prison for five years, no less. I simply could not believe that after our wonderful marriage, after the happiest days of my life, I would have to leave for a long time with her. I knew I wasn't right for Amy - she should be dating some pop star or something. famous actor, not a drug addict boy. I cut my hands when I started to realize that we had crossed the line with drugs. Amy was very upset when she saw me covered in blood. And, since she is loyal and crazy about our love - like Romeo and Juliet - she decided to cut her hands too."

While Blake was serving his sentence in prison, Amy admitted that she slept with her manager's assistant, Alex Haynes.

"They started taking heroin together," Blake continues. "They broke me when I was in prison. It was terribly hard and painful. I could tell it was Alex's fault. When Amy admitted that she cheated on me, she cried hysterically I asked her if she loved me and she whispered through her tears “yes, yes, yes.” I forgave her and tried to calm her down, saying that I would soon leave prison and we would never part.

Blake claimed he filed for divorce “for her own good.”

“Now I have to act not like a selfish and drug addict, but like a person who is capable of sacrificing himself for the sake of the people he loves,” he says, “I have to let her go. When I saw those terrible photographs in which it is impossible to recognize Amy, my heart broke. I I realized that I have to help her, but I can’t, since I am the person who attracted her to this. All I can do is leave her in order to fully heal, she must be left alone with herself. I will never stop wanting Amy, loving her with all my heart and worrying about her. I am dependent on Amy. And I will do everything I can for her - including breaking up with her. I will divorce her and leave with her. than I came. I offered her to sign a marriage contract before the wedding, but she refused.”

Blake also claimed that he had overcome his addiction and gotten clean:
“Yes, I’m clean,” he says, “I live without drugs. But I didn’t deserve this. I didn’t deserve the fact that now I’m undergoing treatment in a rehabilitation center and it’s going well. This should have happened to Amy, not to me. She deserved it. new life, from scratch. Without crack and heroin, Amy would be writing great music and I would be doing my job in the production industry. But because of drugs, we lost our normal life. Amy has lost her way. I know she doesn't realize how unhappy and lonely she is. She's only 25 years old, she's fantastic talented singer and she should be fine. I know drug dealers won't stop stalking her. It's incredible how the police turn a blind eye to their work."

At the end frank interview, Blake spoke about his dream:
“I dream that one day Amy and I will be brought together again when she is drug-free,” he adds. “In my ideal world, Amy and I would live in a nice house with our two children. Nobody.” I can’t even imagine that this girl is actually a wonderful wife, a great housewife and an incredibly beautiful person. Sometimes I looked at her when she was just preparing breakfast for me. But because of drugs, we cannot live a normal life together. that's why I have to let her go."

In March 2011, after undergoing a course of rehabilitation therapy, the singer in her last interview stated in an interview with Look magazine that she managed to quit drugs and after a three-year break she is ready to release a new album.

Amy Winehouse admitted in an interview that she finally managed to cope with her destructive addictions - alcoholism, drug addiction and smoking. The singer had been actively engaged in music for several months and was ready to release a new record, her first in three years.

"I finally escaped from hell. When I saw my photo in the newspaper, I became scared... My skin was covered in spots, I was very pale and thin. And I thought: my girl, you have to get yourself in order, otherwise “You’re going to die soon,” Amy Winehouse admitted honestly.

"I difficult person. If only because, for the most part, I don’t give a damn about anything.
I don't need anyone's help. Because if I can't help myself, no one can help me.

Most people my age spend a lot of time thinking about what they will do in the next five or ten years. So: the time they spend in these thoughts, I spend drinking.

At some point I got too caught up in alcohol. After all, everything looks better with booze. Like: watching TV - a glass of wine, cooking dinner - a glass of champagne.
I only write about things that happened to me. About things that I can't just drown in the past. Thank God, I am prone to self-destruction, so I will always have topics for songs.

I'm not religious. Although I know that faith gives people strength. But I believe in fate and I believe that everything happens for a reason, but for a reason. However, higher powers are not required for this.

Making music is like going to a dinner party: you have to take things one step at a time instead of rushing into everything.
I'm not one of those who tries to grab my fifteen minutes of fame. I'm just a musician and I'm trying to be honest.

I agree that she is talented. But - and this is absolutely certain - I was not born to sing. I was born to be a wife and mother. And look after the family.

I don't condemn casual sex. I understand that there is nothing good in the fact that I approve of cheating. But it seems to me that it’s like smoking marijuana - nothing serious. Oh, damn, I screwed up!

There is no point in saying anything other than the truth.

Sex is just sex. But you don't need to let anyone get too close to you.
I had my first kiss when I was 11 or 12. It was a boy named Chris - Greek by birth - and he is gay now.

The world is full of straight men who are like petty little sluts, and just as many gay men who are like, “let me carry it” or “put on my jacket.” And you start thinking, “Why the hell do they like guys?”
Don't hesitate. I hate myself when I say things like, “I will never have plastic surgery!” After all, maybe I’ll have to do it - when I get old and all that.

If I put too much makeup on, I'll just end up looking like someone's aunt. And I want to remain myself!

I'm actually not a wrestler. But if you push me against the wall, I’ll break anyone’s head.
It seems to me that being able to fight has nothing to do with how big you are. It depends on how much rage is concentrated in you.

There are a lot of evil people around, and all because they have no friends. Communication with people - with your mother, grandmother, dog - is the best thing that happens to you in this life. Minus shoes and bags, of course.

You can never have too many tattoos.

Women talk to each other the same way men talk to men. But women always pay attention to details.

If aliens have anything like a sense of humor, perhaps the thing that makes them laugh the most is the way we have sex.

The most big mistake The only thing parents can do is conceive a child while listening to bad music.

I can't even believe that I actually received all these awards.
Controlling madness is not difficult at all."

But again there was a scandal...In June 2011, Emmy Winehouse canceled her European tour after a scandal in Belgrade. About 20 thousand spectators attended the concert. The singer was on stage for 1 hour and 11 minutes, but did not sing. At the beginning of the concert, she greeted Athens, then the audience in New York, stumbled, talked to the musicians, tried to sing, but...could not perform a single song...

Amy Winehouse was one of the successful British pop stars. The singer gained worldwide fame thanks to the multi-platinum albums Frank and Back to Black. She has received five Grammy awards, including awards for best song of the year, debut and best pop album (Back To Black). According to the Sunday Times, Winehouse was ranked tenth on the list of Britain's richest musicians under 30. Her fortune was estimated at 10 million pounds sterling (about 16.5 million dollars). Despite scandalous behavior and problems with the law, Amy has been called the “voice of a generation” and one of the most talented vocalists of our time.

Amy Winehouse's husband Blake Fielder-Civil was very attached to his wife, and her death was a huge loss for him, although he could not even attend her funeral.

The dark side of Amy Winehouse's personal life

The singer met Blake, the music video director's assistant, in one of the English pubs, and a stormy romance began between them, which lasted two years, during which they came together and then diverged, and Amy took each disagreement very hard, and it was during those periods that she created the most their gloomy songs.

Pictured: Amy Winehouse and Blake Fielder-Civil

When they got married, Waynehouse was infinitely happy, because now she could always be with her husband. Amy's parents were categorically against this choice of their daughter, because her future husband was a drug addict and alcoholic with many years of experience, but Amy did not listen to them and took a step that became fatal in her biography. Their family existed for two years, during which they endlessly scandalized, and most of the conflicts were related to drugs and alcohol. Amy Winehouse's husband got her hooked on drugs, and Blake himself admitted more than once that she first tried amphetamines, crack and heroin at his encouragement. Fielder-Civil himself filed for divorce because he understood that they would no longer be able to live a normal life, but he intended to reunite with her as soon as they managed to recover from dangerous addictions.

However, to the joy of the singer’s parents, this never happened. Amy Winehouse's second husband almost became Reg Travis, with whom she had serious romance, Blake got married, but despite this, until her death, she periodically called him and sent him SMSs, which she always signed as “your wife.” When Fielder-Civil went to prison - he received three years for burglary, however, he was released after a year, and during this time his wife Sarah Aspin gave birth to a boy, and Amy sent Blake a text message saying that she wants to become godmother to his newborn son. However, since prisoners are not supposed to have cell phones with them, Fielder-Civil read this message after Winehouse died, and it moved him so much that he almost committed suicide himself.

He later admitted that after the divorce he missed his wife very much. ex-wife and always dreamed of returning to her. Blake blamed the singer’s father for the fact that they broke up, who, according to him, always persuaded his daughter to divorce him, saying that her husband only needed her money. They continued to communicate closely even after the divorce, and last time Fielder-Civil saw Amy a week before her death.

Amy Winehouse's husband after her death

Blake took his departure very hard ex-wife, whose father categorically forbade him to attend her funeral, so the first thing he did immediately after leaving prison was visit her grave, and soon after that he was hospitalized in a drug-induced coma - neither prison nor the birth of his son forced him to give up bad habits. Addictions also brought the singer herself to the grave; as doctors later determined, Amy Winehouse died of alcohol poisoning, which she apparently wanted to get rid of a prolonged depression, one of the reasons for which was her divorce from Blake and loneliness.

In the photo - with Reg Traviss

Drugs and alcohol interfered not only with the singer’s personal life, but also with her creative activity- during her tour in Belgrade, she even had to cancel a concert, and then cancel the entire European tour, because she was almost constantly drunk. Despite the fact that the singer's father was always opposed to Blake, when he found out that he was in in serious condition, called on everyone to pray for his recovery.

Amy Winehouse novels

But in the singer’s personal life there was not only her unlucky husband, but also other men with whom she was happy. One of her first boyfriends was music manager George Roberts, whom she was terribly jealous of. She had a strong feeling for him, and dated him when Amy Winehouse's husband was in prison - together they spent a vacation in the Caribbean. In addition to him, during that period, Winehouse also had fun with another man - backing vocalist Tyler James, who repeatedly helped the singer when she found herself in a difficult situation, accompanying her to medical centers.

In the photo - the singer with Tyler James

Amy had a short-term affair with musician Alex Clair, who, after she returned to her husband, told reporters what Whitehouse was like in sex. In 2008, she dated Pete Doherty, which was not her best choice because he was also a drug addict. She had an affair with actor Josh Bowman for a whole year.

In the photo - with Peter Doherty

Amy Winehouse's failed husband

With director Reg Traviss, the singer had every chance to create the family she had long dreamed of. Reg proposed to her and she accepted, but ex-lover Travissa, a certain dancer, did everything possible to prevent this marriage from taking place.

Pictured: Amy and Reg Traviss

She created provocative situations to instill doubts in Amy's soul and make her jealous, and she achieved her goal - this wedding never took place. If that happened and Amy got married again, it's quite possible further fate The singer’s life would have turned out completely differently, and she would not have died at twenty-seven years old.

This post is in memory of Amy. True music connoisseurs will forever remember her talent.

10. At the age of 10, Amy had her own group - Sweet-n-sour. What's unusual is that it was a rap group. “Of course, I was the sour one in the duet,” Winehouse recalled about those times. Already in photographs of children and youth, a rebellious spirit is visible.

9. At the age of 12, Amy was kicked out of the most prestigious drama school, Sylvia Young in Maryborne, for having a nose piercing and disobedience. Already in her childhood, Amy showed her hooligan character.

8. Her father left the family quite early, but this did not stop Amy from getting a “Daddy’s girl” tattoo on her arm, which translated means “Daddy’s daughter.”

7. Blake Fielder-Civil was more than just a husband to Amy. As the singer herself said, he was in a sense a muse for her. But their life cannot be called happy - Winehouse kept ending up in clinics with a diagnosis of nervous exhaustion.

6. In 2008, a video appeared on the Internet in which Winehouse allegedly smokes crack. After which Universal made a statement that Amy urgently needed to go to a drug treatment clinic.

5. She became the first Jewish woman to organically fit into rap culture. Her creativity and undeniable talent were noted by such famous rap artists as Pharoah Monch and Jay-Z, who remixed “Rehab.”

4. Winehouse entered the Guinness Book of Records as the first and last British singer to receive five Grammy Awards at a time.

3. Before her death, Amy had not taken alcohol or drugs for several weeks. She told her father: “Dad, I’ve had enough of drinking. I can’t look you and the other family members in the eyes anymore.” She was happier than she had been in years.

2. Amy's mother once said that, in her opinion, Amy would not die a natural death. Moreover, she believed that drugs would be the cause of her daughter’s death.

1. Unfortunately, the cause of death of the greatest British singer of our time is still unknown. Various assumptions have been made, but the police cannot say anything concrete. Amy Winehouse died alone at the age of 27...

Blake Fielder-Sivel finally visited his ex-wife's grave, nearly three years after her death. The singer died in July 2011 from alcohol poisoning at the age of 27, but Blake did not find the courage, he said, to come to her burial site.

And so, having prepared well, taking a photographer with him, he visited the cemetery Edgwarebury Lane in North London, where Amy is buried next to her grandmother Cynthia Levy. We must pay tribute, he spent about two hours near his wife’s grave, sometimes sitting right on the asphalt.

The only thing that confuses me is that I passed straight through the cemetery. photoshoot .

Blake posed for a photographer right in the cemetery

It should be noted that the marriage of Amy and Blake has always caused controversial feelings among the singer’s fans. They were arrested several times, caught with drugs. And it was he who put Amy on heroin, which Blake honestly spoke about in one of his interviews last year on the Jeremy Kyle Show.

Amy and Blake married in 2007 after two years of dating.

“Yes, it happened through my fault. I myself gave her the first try of heroin after visiting one of the nightclubs. At that moment, I didn’t think that she would start taking it without me, I didn’t think about anything at all. Subsequently, we got used to using heroin after going to clubs..." Interestingly, Amy's parents do not blame him for their daughter's death now. According to them, they have forgiven him and consider him only indirectly responsible for the tragedy.

On September 10, the film "Amy" is released - a biopic about the life of British singer Amy Winehouse, who died four years ago. The premiere of this documentary evoked applause from critics and the indignation of her father. Amy's story is in a special material HELLO!.

Amy Winehouse was found dead on July 23, 2011 at her home in Camden, north London. She died at four o'clock in the evening and for several hours after her death she lay alone, surrounded by empty bottles whiskey. She was 27 years old.

A simple Jewish girl from the outskirts with in a beautiful voice- a contralto who can sing with a black accent has become a European star of white soul. She was recognized even in America - the homeland of true black soul. True, they didn’t want to let her into America for bad behavior (they don’t give drug addicts a visa to the States, even if you’re at least a three-time star), and she accepted her five Grammy awards for the album Back to Black virtually - via teleconference from London. Amy Winehouse's album Back to Black was released in 2006, but she hasn't released one since then.

The last years of her life looked, alas, sad: it was already difficult to determine what Amy Winehouse became more famous for - her achievements in pop music or photographs in the yellow press in which she appeared ugly and drunk. The newspapers regularly described her clashes with her husband, video editor Blake Fielder-Civil (until he was imprisoned for theft), reported how she disrupted concerts, how she disrupted an entire tour because she could barely stand on her feet... To her terrible end, Amy Winehouse flew at full speed. Everyone understood this, but no one could (or maybe they didn’t try enough) to stop her.

Amy Winehacks's style, which is now called iconic, was not formed all at once: Amy began to draw thick arrows immediately, and the famous babette grew on her head gradually

The authors of the documentary film "Amy", Indian-born director Asif Kapadia and producer James Gay-Rees, interviewed a whole crowd of people who knew the singer in one way or another - relatives, friends, promoters, managers... They all express on the screen confidence in their innocence To tragic fate Amy Winehouse and they find their own versions of why, even being in a state of insanity, she continued to go on stage and earn money. The most poignant moment of the film is connected with the personality of Amy's father, Mitchell Winehouse, whose role in the fate of the pop diva is presented by the authors as quite contradictory.

It is known that Mitch Winehouse was one of the most important people in Amy's life: on her forearm she wore a tattoo of Daddy's Girl - " Daddy's girl". An ordinary London taxi driver, an amateur singer, obsessed with jazz and classic American pop, Mitch passed on his passion to Amy, and all these musical styles- soul, rhythm and blues, gospel, swing - entered her flesh and blood. Mitch was always by Amy's side: he took her to hospitals, protected her from drug dealers, and was both a friend and a nanny for her. In an interview with The Guardian, Mitch recalled that his relationship with Amy was sometimes too trusting. For example, she told her dad about her attempts to conceive a child with Reg Traviss, her new boyfriend (shortly before her death, Amy thought she was pregnant), and one day, while lying in the hospital, she sent her elderly father to the Agent Provocateur lingerie store, and he went and bought her what she asked for. While caring for his famous daughter, Mitchell never forgot about himself. Next to her, he himself became a celebrity: he often appeared on television, created his own show on the Internet and released a solo album. ("Amy always told me, 'Dad, you're great singer", he explained.)

During Amy's lifetime, Mitch Winehouse was going to launch a reality show about her touring activities, and after the death of his daughter, he published his memoirs, and this book stayed at the top of sales in the UK for two whole weeks. Mitch, however, claims that the proceeds from the sale of the memoirs did not go into his personal pocket, but into the Amy Winehouse Foundation, which he heads (the foundation supports drug rehabilitation programs). “Amy’s family took only her personal funds and nothing more,” he said.

Mitch Winehouse has big complaints about Asif Kapadia's film about the white soul star, which received a harvest of positive reviews from viewers at the Cannes Film Festival. He willingly took part in the work on the painting, but at the last stage he abruptly stepped aside. In his opinion, the filmmakers chose a false perspective in covering Amy’s troubled life and completely distorted his, Mitch Winehouse’s, worthy image, presenting him as a vain and greedy man, putting money and fame above his daughter’s health.

Director Kapadia, naturally, does not share this opinion. "When we made the film, we knew a lot of people weren't going to like it, but it's all about Amy, what was going on around her, about the people around her," he says. The assessments of the film by its participants (and there are dozens of them) also vary quite significantly. Even among Amy Winehouse's beloved men there is no consensus on this matter. Amy's dear friend Reg Traviss found himself in the camp of the film's enemies, and her ex-husband and main love Blake Fielder-Civil, on the contrary, considers the film to be completely objective, reflecting the events as they really were.

It is interesting that Amy’s beloved men, who have different views on the events of the past, had different personal fates. Blake Fielder-Civil, after leaving prison and Amy's death, suddenly became a respectable everyman: he quit drugs, got a common-law wife and children, and lives quietly in provincial Leeds. Reg Traviss has not yet found his family happiness. He had several girlfriends, and one of them accused him of rape in 2012 (but Reg managed to prove in court that it was consensual sex).

Which of these two unreliable types the viewer can trust is, of course, a moot point. In “Amy,” in addition to the revelations of the singer’s loved ones, dozens of other evidence (photos, amateur and home videos) are provided that should help Amy’s fans draw their own conclusions.  The Russian premiere of the film will take place on September 2, the opening day of the Contemporary Documentary Film Festival "Center" at the Documentary Film Center.

In 2014, Amy Winehouse's parents, Mitch and Janice, unveiled a bronze statue of their daughter in the market square in Camden, the area of ​​London she loved most. Dad and Mom divorced when Amy was ten years old (Mitch left for another woman), and it is believed that this trauma affected the rest of her life. However, Amy was equally close to both her mother and her father. In an interview, Mitch Winehouse said that he still cries about Amy. “When we get together as a family, we cry and then laugh, because she always made us laugh,” recalled the singer’s father.

At the opening bronze monument Amy Winehouse and her parents, Mitch and Janice, tried to look cheerful

Amy and Blake

They met in a bar in Camden in 2005 and married in 2007.  Amy Winehouse and Blake Fielder-Civil were a troubled couple. Shortly after the wedding, a photographer accidentally photographed them together on the street - battered, bruised and bruised. It was assumed that the spouses had gotten into a fight. When fame came to Amy, many temptations arose. A year after Amy's death, in 2012, Blake admitted that he introduced her to hard drugs. This revelation became fatal for him - the public did not forgive such an atrocity. Blake is now persona non grata in the UK. He admitted to the Daily Mail that he couldn’t find a job because everyone blamed him for Amy’s death. "Amy wouldn't approve of the way I'm being treated," he complained. In 2012, Blake visited his ex-wife’s grave for the first time (Amy’s parents were against his presence at the funeral), but this also turned into a scandal. After seeing the report in the newspaper, Mitch and Janice said that having a photo op at their daughter's grave was disrespectful to Amy's memory.