(Cover) - EN Showbiz - .Amy Winehouse spent the days leading up to her death at home writing songs.
The singer passed away on Saturday, aged 27. A post-mortem has been carried out but the results are inconclusive, so her cause of death won't be known until toxicology tests come back in around four weeks.
Amy had a long battle with alcohol and drugs, leading to speculation she may have passed away from an overdose or after a drinking binge. Her funeral took place yesterday and during his eulogy her father Mitch insisted the reports were misplaced, saying she spent Friday night playing drums and singing at home.
It seems that was a regular occurrence for the star, with suggestions much of her time over the last few weeks was spent penning lyrics.
"She spent most days at home writing," a friend told People magazine.
Amy had been working on her eagerly anticipated third album, a follow up to 2006's Back to Black, recently. It was due to be released earlier this year, but that never transpired. It's understood Amy had told her record company she wanted to work on some of the lyrics as she felt they were too concerned with her ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil.
Meanwhile, Cee Lo Green has spoken of his sadness following the star's passing. Despite rumours earlier this year claiming Amy and Cee Lo had recorded a track together, Cee Lo has revealed they never made it to the studio but they had been keen to collaborate.
"We were discussing working together. We have a mutual friend, [producer] Salaam Remi.
"There was a rumour that we had already recorded together. It wasn't true and I don't know where that came from. But we did grow fond of each other and thought we could work together," he told E! Online. "I could listen to her and she registered to me as the real thing...It's so untimely and unfortunate. What a loss. Music has lost a daughter."
Amy had recorded a duet with Tony Bennett for his new record, and she spoke about the experience with British newspaper The Telegraph in March of this year.
"I'm my own worst critic and if I don't pull off what I think I wanted to do in my head, then I won't be a happy girl," she said. "I've got Tony's voice right in my ear and that's so much for me that I can't look up and see Tony the person as well. I sound so stupid but it's hard.
"I'm not a natural born performer. I'm a natural singer, but I'm quite shy, really. You know what it's like? I don't mean to be sentimental or soppy but it's a little bit like being in love, when you can't eat, you're restless, it's like that. But then the minute you go on stage, everything's OK. The minute you start singing."
Black to Black has now re-entered the Top Ten of the Billboard 200 after selling more than 37,000 copies in America. The album has also topped iTunes charts around the world since her death. (C) Cover Media