Report: Amy Winehouse Planned to Adopt Girl, 10, Before She Died
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Amy Winehouse had a lot to live for before her tragic death at age 27 on July 23 -- including, reportedly, a child to call her own.
Despite her troubled reputation and struggles with substance abuse, the "Rehab" singer was secretly in the process of adopting a little girl from the Caribbean island of St. Lucia.
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"Amy was already my mother," Dannika Augustine, 10, told British paper The Daily Mirror. Winehouse met little Dannika during a 2009 trip to St. Lucia, and strived to rescue her from a life of poverty.
"I would call her Mum," Dannika said, "And she would call me her daughter. She took care of me, and we had fun together. I loved her, and she loved me."
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Although aware of Winehouse's addiction to drugs and alcohol, Dannika's family supported the multi-platinum selling star's move to adopt the little girl and eventually bring her to London -- and "has been crying" since her death two weekends ago, a family member told the New York Post.
"Amy loved Dannika with all her heart," Dannika's grandmother Marjorie Lambert told the Mirror. "I don't know why Amy took to Dannika above all the other children on the island, but from the moment they met, they were inseparable. They would spend all day playing, horse-riding and walking up and down the beach hand in hand."
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Dannika's parents Nadia Germaine and Vid Augustine (who lives in Germany) also approved of Winehouse's adoption plans.
"I thanked Amy for taking care of my daughter, and she said, 'Dannika is taking care of me. I couldn't live without her,' " Vid Augustine said. "I knew [Winehouse] could give my daughter a wonderful life."
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11It seems strange to me that they are just now coming out with this. It sounds fishy! Nothing against Amy either but she had a lot of issues and she could not even manage her own life that well yet these parents were willing to sell their daughter to someone in Amy's position just because she has money. Yeah well caring parents.
it's terrible that she died but she couldnt even take care of herself.
Crack not crak. Oye. Must use Spell Check more often.
What kind of parents "approve" of a crak-head adopting their child? Oh,yeah, the kind who only see dollar signs.
I think this is a B.S. story. Why does everyone feel the need to come out with these "stories" after someone dies for the sake of attention?? I highly doubt she was going to adopt her. Were they close? Most likely but adoption? When she had to living parents. This is ludicrous.
Oh my. There's more to parenting than playing on the beach and holding hands. What an awful thing for Amy to give that little girl hope that she would go live a rich little princess life in London. Very immature of her and sadly, very typical of someone high on drugs (not that I know she was when she spent time with the girl). It takes much more than money to provide a good home for a child.
ditto to Melissa
THANK GOD SHE DIED. COULD YOU IMAGINE THAT MESS ADOPTING A KID.SHED HAVE THAT LITTLE KID SMOKING CRACK IN NO TIME.PLUS HER MUSIC REALLY SUCKED.
Why don't the child's parents in Germany want her?
I hope they don't sue Amy's estate to continue the "rescue from her life of poverty".
Wow, this would not have ended well. Even if she was clean and not doing drugs or alcohol, she was not far enough into her recovery to be responsible for another person, let alone a child.