Amy Winehouse in better times, performing on stage.

The long, sad, strange saga of Amy Winehouse is officially over.  After a first autopsy proved inconclusive regarding the manner in which the soul singer died, a second autopsy has pinpointed an official cause of death.  British coroner Suzanne Greenway has ruled Amy Winehouse’s death was the result of an accidental case of alcohol poisoning, not anything drug-related.  The 27-year-old’s death is officially classified as “death by misadventure.”

Greenway told St. Pancras Coroners Court yesterday at an inquest that Winehouse had 416 mg of alcohol per 100 ml of blood, which means her blood alcohol level was significantly higher than Britain’s legal limit of 80mg.  Also in her system was the drug Librium, which is a prescription sedative used to ease the pain of alcohol withdrawals.  Prior to her last drinking binge, friends and family say Winehouse had been sober for 3 weeks.  Her body was simply overcome by alcohol and shut down.

Chris Goodman, a spokesman for the Winehouse family, expressed relief that the family was able “to finally find out what happened to Amy,” and added, “The court heard that Amy was battling hard to conquer her problems with alcohol and it is a source of great pain to us that she could not win in time.”

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