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British Soul Singer Amy Winehouse, whose self-destructive habits overshadowed a distinctive musical talent, was found dead Saturday in her London home, police said. She was 27.

Winehouse shot to fame with the album “Back to Black,” whose blend of jazz and soul was a global hit. It won 5 Grammys and made Winehouse — with her black beehive hairdo and old-fashioned sailor tattoos — one of music’s most recognizable stars.

Police confirmed that a 27-year-old female was pronounced dead at her home in northern London; the cause of death was not immediately known.

“I didn’t go out looking to be famous,” Winehouse told the Associated Press when “Back to Black” was released. “I’m just a musician.”

But in the end, the music was overshadowed by fame, and by Winehouse’s demons. She constantly made tabloids headlines for erratic stage appearances, drunken fights, and stints in hospital & rehab clinics. Performances became shambling, stumbling train wrecks, watched around the world on the Internet.