Amy Winehouse Likely Died of Seizure, Dad Says
| Monday, Sep 12 2011 01:59 PM
Last Updated Monday, Sep 12 2011 01:59 PM
Amy Winehouse's father says his daughter died after suffering a seizure brought on by alcohol withdrawal.In his first major TV interview since the death of Winehouse, Mitch Winehouse told CNN's Anderson Cooper that illicit drugs had nothing to do with her sudden passing at her London home in July.
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Mitch Winehouse said the only drug in her system was the prescription medication Librium, which is used to help people with the symptoms of alcohol detoxification.
"She'd been clean (of drugs) for around about three years....Her problem was alcohol, the last few years of her life...She was prescribed Librium, which is a normal drug, which is given to people who are detoxing and it kind of decreases the chances of having seizures. She was continuing to take one of those pills everyday," he told Cooper on the premiere episode of Anderson on Monday.
