The Sad Facts Discovered In Amy Winehouse's Autopsy Report

However, soon after the initial coroner's report was made public, it was revealed that the coroner in question did not have necessary qualifications, according to The Evening Standard, and subsequently resigned her post. A second inquest into the singer's death was then commissioned, in which the coroner's report reiterating the finding death by misadventure but went on to explain Winehouse's use of alcohol as the cause, and that the death was, at root, a tragic accident.

"She voluntarily consumed alcohol, a deliberate act that took an unexpected turn in that it caused her death," Dr. Shirley Radcliffe said (via The Guardian). Winehouse had struggled with both drug and alcohol addiction throughout her life — the coroner noted there were "two empty bottles of vodka on the floor."

In a revelation that sadly revealed just how autobiographical the themes of the Winehouse's breakout single "Rehab" were, Dr. Christina Romete, Winehouse's general practitioner, spoke at the second inquest and described how the singer had decided to avow any treatment for her alcohol addiction in the belief that such treatments might rob her of her songwriting abilities.

Winehouse had recently traveled to the island of St. Lucia, where, out of the glare of the paparazzi's cameras, she made significant steps in her recovery from addiction to various drugs, including heroin and crack cocaine. However, Dr. Romete outlined how Winehouse's abstaining from drugs was accompanied by a new cyclical use of alcohol, in which, following weeks of sobriety, the singer would regularly relapse.