Amy Winehouse: a life in pictures

Amy Winehouse in 1988, taken from Amy My Daughter by Mitch Winehouse, published by HarperCollins
'The precocious talent that was my daughter. Never happier than when she was performing.' Photograph: HarperCollins

Amy Winehouse in her early teens, taken from Amy My Daughter by Mitch Winehouse, published by HarperCollins
'A thoughtful Amy, still in pink and with her heart symbol of course, at her school summer fete' Photograph: Harper Collins

Amy Winehouse promotional shot from 2002 Photograph: Island Records

Amy in the Island Records offices in London, October 2002 Photograph: Island Records

Amy Winehouse posing for a portrait in 2004 Photograph: Rex Features

Amy Winehouse performs at the Prince's Trust Urban Music festival in London, 2004 Photograph: Myung Jung Kim/PA

Amy Winehouse performs at the Mercury prize, September 2004 Photograph: JMEnternational/Redferns

Amy talks to a journalist at the South Bank Show awards where she won the pop award for her album Back to Black, January 2007 Photograph: Gareth Cattermole/Getty

Amy Winehouse at Coachella in 2007 with her boyfriend Blake Fielder-Civil and friend Kelly Osbourne Photograph: Kevin Mazur/WireImage

Amy Winehouse plays an acoustic set at SXSW in Austin, Texas, March 2007 Photograph: David Howells/Corbis

Amy Winehouse at G-A-Y, London, April 2007 Photograph: Jo Hale/Getty

Amy Winehouse at Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, in May 2007 Photograph: Chris Christoforou/Redferns/Getty

Amy Winehouse sits with her father Mitch waiting for the 2008 Grammy awards announcement. She won five out of her six nominations including, record of the year, best new artist, song of the year, pop vocal album and female pop vocal performance Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty

Amy Winehouse performs with Mark Ronson at the 2008 Brit awards Photograph: Arnold Slater/Rex Features

Amy Winehouse performs at the 46664 concert in London in celebration of Nelson Mandela's life, 2008 Photograph: Gareth Davies/Getty Images

Amy Winehouse and her goddaughter Dionne Bromfield, 2009 Photograph: Cressida Jade/Island Records

Fans dress as Amy Winehouse at the Isle of Wight festival in 2009 Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

Amy Winehouse outside Westminster Magistrates Court in London, 23 July 2009. She was on trial for assaulting a fan Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images

Police tape marks off the area around Amy Winehouse's north London home (centre right) in which she was found dead on 23 July 2011 Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images

Well-wishers pay their respects as they look at flowers, candles and cards outside Amy Winehouse's home in north London Photograph: Neil Mockford/Getty

Cigarettes, alcohol and photos are left with flowers and messages to Amy Winehouse Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images

A message left outside Amy Winehouse's north London home the day after her death on 23 July 2011 Photograph: Mike Kemp/Corbis