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Pix: Fans pay tribute to Amy Winehouse

Last updated on: July 25, 2011 13:39 IST

Image: Tribute to the late singer
Photographs: Reuters/Stefan Wermuth

Fans and flowers started trickling in near Amy Winehouse' house in Camden, North London, as soon as word of her death got out.

One of the messages left by a fan described the late singer-songwriter as an exquisite person with immeasurable talent.

Fans pay tribute to Amy Winehouse

Image: Fans near Amy's Camden home

While the cause of her death is not known yet, many are of the opinion that the singer died due to an overdose of drugs and alcohol.

Young fans of the star bring out a picture to be placed near her Camden home.

Fans pay tribute to Amy Winehouse

Image: A caricature of Amy Winehouse
Photographs: Reuters/Eloy Alonso

Tributes have also poured in from the singer's contemporaries. While British comedian Russell Brand wrote a heart-warming post about her on his website, singer MIA dedicated a song to Amy.

The caricature here hangs off a street artist panel, during 'Black Week' (Semana Negra) in Gijon, northern Spain. 'Black Week' is a crime fiction festival that brings together the most important writers of the genre in North Spain.

Fans pay tribute to Amy Winehouse

Image: Vigil outside Amy Winehouse' Camden home
Photographs: Sylvia Linares/Getty Images

The singer's family is reportedly distraught with this loss. Her father, Mitch Winehouse, was on his way home from London when he heard that his daughter had died.

Here's a vigil in progress outside her home.

Fans pay tribute to Amy Winehouse

Image: The vigil outside Amy Winehouse' residence
Close friend and British music producer Mark Ronson said that Amy Winehouse was his music soulmate. The two had first collaborated on Amy's second album Back To Black, more popularly on one of her best-known songs -- Rehab.

Fans pay tribute to Amy Winehouse

Image: Vigil outside Amy Winehouse' residence
Photographs: Neil Mockford/Getty Images

A young mourner stands with flowers outside Amy Winehouse's North London home.

Amy Winehouse fans shower love and flowers

Image: The singer's body being removed from her home
Photographs: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images
The singer's body was removed from her North London home, where she was found dead on Saturday. The singer is rumoured to have been dead for six hours before being found.